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One popular form of [[The Cameo]] is to have a franchise's creator, or a film's director or producer, appear in the franchise itself.

 

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* In the film ''[[Paprika]]'', director Satoshi Kon and original author Yasutaka Tsutsui provide the voices for the spectral bartenders at Paprika's bar. In one cast interview actor Tōru Furuya revealed that even he didn't know this until he looked at the back of the film's bill at the premiere.

* [[Ken Akamatsu]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kh6aW6Ho7w appears to help out] a couple of the residents of the Hinata Inn in the ''[[Love Hina]] [[Christmas Episode|Christmas Special]]''.

* [[Yoshiyuki Tomino]] appears in ''[[Space Runaway Ideon]]''.

* A blink-and-you'll-miss-it example: In episode 13 of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', Roy and Ed are having an alchemy duel and Roy sends one of his flame attacks into the crowd, causing them to fly into the air. One of the soldiers flies past the screen in such a way that his face takes up most of the screen at one point, and looks suspiciously Japanese, considering Ed's country is apparently supposed to be European of sorts. If you compare the man to a picture of the director of the anime, you'll see they're one and the same.

** The bovine self-caricature of original creator Hiromu Arakawa makes stealth appearances in several episodes as well, including the scene in which Winry is yelling at a hospitalized Ed to drink his milk, and again much later on when Sheska is describing her UFO-related conspiracy theories to Winry.

** And his name is called in the airport during the final ''[[Eden of the East]]'' film.

* In a ''[[One Piece]]'' movie short based on a soccer competition, the author of the manga, going by his nickname Odachii, makes an appearance as the "world's best soccer player." [[Self-Deprecation|His kick is the]] ''[[Take That Me|only]]'' [[Self-Deprecation|shot the goalie could catch and block]]. His team was not happy.

** And in ''[[Karakuridouji Ultimo]]''. In fact, the Stan Lee cameo (Dunstan) ''kicked off the plot'' by creating the mechanical boys.

* In the ''[[Black Jack]]'' story "Legs of an Ant", [[Osamu Tezuka]] draws himself as a passer-by warning Mitsuo about a forest fire on the road ahead. Amusingly, he has "Why am I here anyway?" written on the back of his shirt.

** He makes a few other appearances as well, such as the doctor in "Tenacity" who helps cancer-ridden medical student Yamanobe to treat another cancer patient before he dies.

* Hiroaki Samura mangaka appears in the anime version of ''[[Blade of the Immortal]]'' as a pinewheel salesman.

 

** He shows up in a very heartwarming cameo in the very beginning of the Spielberg/Jackson film, as well. As the film opens, Tintin is in a flea market getting a caricature of his face drawn (in the style of the comic, naturally), and when we get a glimpse of the artist, it's Herge! He remarks that Tintin's face is very familiar, and wonders if he's drawn him before.

* [[Grant Morrison]] has a door in the 4th wall. He even appears in comics that he didn't write (''Tales of the Unexpected'' #7 and ''[[Suicide Squad]]'' #58).

* Cary Bates appears in ''[[The Flash]]'' #228.

* [[Wikipedia]] has [[wikipedia:List of comics creators appearing in comics|a whole page for this]].

* ''[[Incredible Hulk]]'' writer [[Peter David]] cameos as the priest who officiates the wedding of the Hulk's friend Rick Jones.

* In an issue of ''[[Transmetropolitan]]'', Spider Jerusalem is accosted in a bar by a man who wants his son mentioned in Spider's column. He bears a striking physical resemblance to the comic's writer, [[Warren Ellis]], while the man accompanying him looks just its artist, Darick Robertson.

 

 

** ''[[X-Men 1]]'' (Hot dog vendor)

** ''[[Daredevil (film)|Daredevil]]'' (a guy at ''the'' crosswalk)

** ''[[Hulk (film)|Hulk]]'' (a security guard)

** ''[[Fantastic Four (film)|Fantastic Four]]'' (as Willie Lumpkin)

** ''Fantastic Four 2: Rise of the Silver Surfer'' (credited as playing himself; as an [[In-Joke]], he is a guest denied entry to Sue and Reed's wedding)

** ''Spider-Man 3'' (guy pointing up in Times Square; he even talks to Peter Parker!)

** ''[[Iron Man (film)|Iron Man]]'' (the guy at the party that Tony Stark mistakes for Hugh Hefner, also credited as "himself")

** ''[[The Incredible Hulk (film)|The Incredible Hulk]]'' (guy who drank from the bottle near the beginning).

** ''[[Thor (film)|Thor]]'' (truck driver, credited as Stan the Man)

* Speaking of Marvel films, [[Sam Raimi]] has a couple of cameos in the ''Spider-Man'' movies; as the outtakes from the second film point out, he plays the student whose backpack smacks Peter in the head during a [[Montage]].

* Christopher Young, who scored ''Spider-Man 3,'' can be seen as the pianist next to [[Kirsten Dunst]] in the rehearsal scene.

* Still on the Marvel theme - but in [[My Real Daddy]] mode: [[Chris Claremont]] appears in ''[[X-Men: The Last Stand]]'' (partially inspired by [[The Dark Phoenix Saga|his work]]) and JMS and Walt Simonson are in ''Thor''.

* [[Quentin Tarantino]] also has minor walk-ons in his own films, sometimes more. He wrote out his own part in ''[[Kill Bill]]'' to give the role to an actor he respected and admired. His hands made a cameo in ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'', replacing Christopher Waltz's hands during the shots not showing his face as Landa is {{spoiler|choking [[Diane Kruger]]'s character to death.}}

* [[Alfred Hitchcock]] has a cameo in [[wikipedia:List of Alfred Hitchcock cameo appearances|almost every film he ever directed]]. In most cases, he carries an item, like musical instruments, a conductor's baton, or dogs on a leash, to symbolize his control of the film. He likened these cameos to an artist adding their signature to a painting. Hitchcock eventually started making these cameos near the beginning of the film so audiences wouldn't be distracted by looking for him. He appears as a face in a newspaper in ''Lifeboat'', since there was no other way to work it in. In ''Rope'' his famous silhouette self-portrait appears as a neon sign outside the window after the sun sets.

* [[Martin Scorsese]] appears in almost all of his films, usually in a small but symbolic role.

** The passenger who fantasizes about killing his wife in ''[[Taxi Driver]]''.

** A photographer in ''[[The Age of Innocence]]''.

** The head of the household burglarized by Jenny in ''[[Gangs of New York]]''.

* ''[[The Black Hole]]'' features its director, Gary Nelson, as the {{spoiler|zombified crew member}} unmasked by Durant.

** Interestingly, he first seemed to like casting himself as someone who has a negative impact on the protagonists, like the doctor who suspects Cole's mother of abusing him in ''[[The Sixth Sense]]'', a man who David falsely suspects of carrying a gun in ''[[Unbreakable]]'', and the driver of the car that killed Graham's wife in ''[[Signs]]''.

* [[Ian Fleming]] allegedly has a cameo in ''[[From Russia with Love]]''.

** Producer Michael G. Wilson has made cameos in most of the films since ''[[Goldfinger]]''.

*** In ''[[Quantum of Solace]]'', he reads a newspaper in Haiti.

** Jackson also appears as a biplane gunner in ''[[King Kong]]''. This is an [[Homage]] to a similar cameo made by Merian C. Cooper in the original ''[[King Kong]]''.

* [[George Lucas]] made a cameo in ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]'', as a [[Rubber Forehead Alien]] in the lobby of the opera house when Anakin goes to see Palpatine.

* [[Stephen King]] frequently appears in very minor roles in film adaptations of his books/stories (e.g. the grocery store clerk in ''[[Maximum Overdrive]]'', the pizza delivery person in ''[[Rose Red]]''), with the exception of the [[Creepshow]] installment ''The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill'', where he plays the title character. This goes the opposite way in his own literature: his appearance in the ''[[Dark Tower]]'' series becomes important.

* ''[[Airplane!]]'': The movie's directors - Jim Abrahams appears as a religious zealot and the Zuckers appear as airport ground crew.

** That was true of the original movie as well; only the voice was Mel's.

** [[Mel Brooks]] also has [[cameo]]s in nearly all the other movies he's produced (besides major roles like [[Blazing Saddles|Gov. LePetomane]] and [[Spaceballs|President Skroob]]).

*** As well as [[That Poor Cat|Cat Hit By Dart]] and voice of Frankenstein's grandfather in ''[[Young Frankenstein]]''. And one of the castle gargoyles is modeled to look like him.

* James Dickey appears as a cop in ''[[Deliverance]]''. (Author of the book it was based on.)

* [[John Woo]] appears as a jazz bartender in ''[[Hard Boiled (film)|Hard Boiled]]''.

* Jonathan Safran Foer can be seen holding a leaf blower at the beginning of ''[[Everything Is Illuminated]]''.

* [[Amy Tan]] appears as a party guest in the first few minutes of ''[[The Joy Luck Club]]''.

* [[Terry Gilliam]] made an uncredited appearance in ''[[Brazil (film)|Brazil]]'' as a sinister man smoking on the stairs of Shangri-La Towers.

* [[Michael Bay]] is a NASA scientist in ''[[Armageddon]]'', and nearly has his car taken in ''[[Bad Boys]] II''.

** And in ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' he's the guy Megatron [[Death by Cameo|flicks]] into a taxi cab.

* Ted Turner, producer, is Col. Waller Tazewell Patton in ''[[Gettysburg]]'', and plays the same character in the prequel ''Gods and Generals''.

** Amusingly, he was credited in the latter as "[[Punny Name|R.E. Turner]]".

* [[Jim Henson]] shows up in a ton of Muppet stuff. ''[[A Muppet Family Christmas]]'' cleaning up after everyone, ''[[The Great Muppet Caper]]'' as a photo subject of Gonzo's, ''The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years''...

* In the 1971 film ''[[The Andromeda Strain]]'', one of the doctors who does not speak in the operating room where Mark Hall gets called up by the army is played by [[Michael Crichton]], author of the book.

* Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, the authors of ''[[Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist]]'', can be seen in the background of a diner in the movie version.

* In ''[[Tapeheads]]'', the composers of the film's score, Fishbone, appear as a country-western band called Ranchbone.

* In ''[[Plan 9 from Outer Space]]'', [[Ed Wood (creator)|Ed Wood]] plays a bum who decides [[No More for Me]] after seeing the flying saucers.

* [[David Lynch]] appears in his adaptation of ''[[Dune]]'' as the foreman of the spice mine that's destroyed by a sandworm.

* Screenwriter [[Aaron Sorkin]] briefly appears as an ad executive in ''[[The Social Network]]''.

* Screenwriter and producer [[James Vanderbilt]] appears in [[David Fincher]]'s ''[[Zodiac (film)|Zodiac]]''.

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'''Doc''': "Ah, he arrives... Megan! Hold the door!" }}

* Although Howard Shore's score for [[Peter Jackson]]'s ''[[King Kong]]'' was thrown out, Shore himself appears in the movie as the conductor of the pit orchestra for the Kong stage show.

* In addition to scoring both ''[[Gremlins]]'' movies, [[Jerry Goldsmith]] appears in them as well (looking directly at the camera in the convention scene in the first one and as a disgruntled cinema patron in the second).

* In ''[[Cars 2]]'', [[Pixar]] head [[John Lasseter]] appears as pit chief John Lassetire.

* Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon, the writers who wrote ''[[Bill and Ted (film)|Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure]]'' and created the characters, appear as the annoying waiters serving ice cream to Napoleon.

** He was also a gang member in ''[[Assault on Precinct 13]]'', Bennett in ''[[The Fog]]'', A Norwegian in ''[[The Thing (film)|The Thing]]'', and a Gas Station Attendant in the ''[[Village of the Damned]]'' remake among others.

* ''[[The Graduate]]'' features Buck Henry, who cowrote the screenplay, as the hotel desk clerk.

* [[James Cameron]] appears in ''[[Titanic]]'' at the start of the movie: he is the third-class passenger getting his beard checked. Also, when it shows "Jack's" hands sketching Rose, they are actually Cameron's hands; you'll notice that they look too old to be Jack's.

 

* In [[Thomas Mann]]'s novel ''The Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man'', the main character successfully cons a Scottish lord who is physically identical to Mann.

* And in ''Mephisto'', the novel by [[Thomas Mann]]'s son, Klaus Mann, among several characters based on real people, there is also that of Sebastien Bruckner - based on the author's own person.

* Martin Amis in the novel ''Money'' - he beats his protagonist at chess.

* This occurs in almost every Clive Cussler novel. Cussler's character will usually give the protagonists his current vehicle to aid them in their mission.

* [[Ayn Rand]] shows up in ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]'' as one of the denizens of Galt's Gulch, a fishwife who's also one of the best authors there. She notably also pines for John's affection.

* ''[[Don Quixote]]'' features a few characters discussing Cervantes' work at a [[Book-Burning]]. It's massive [[Self-Deprecation]], with the characters offering some pretty sharp criticisms.

* ''[[East of Eden]]'' being partly about the author's family, obviously has him there a few times, mainly in one intercalary chapter explaining one of his Uncles. But it's most notable that he has a scene where Adam Trask shows up to his mother's house to speak with his Grandma, and they meet as John Steinbeck and his sister stand behind their mother.

 

* In an episode of ''[[Angel]]'', [[Joss Whedon]] gets to play Lorne's brother Numfar, who does both the Dance of Joy and the Dance of Shame. [[Joss Whedon]] also was the voice of a newscaster in the first season of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''.

** Joss had also planned to do the ''[[Firefly]]'' theme song (the "Ballad of Serenity"), which he wrote; before Sonny Rhodes was chosen to record it. A recording of Joss singing the theme song is included as a special feature in the DVD box set.

* In the [[Musical Episode]] of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', writers Marti Noxon and David Fury both have small singing parts - bemoaning a parking ticket and celebrating successful dry cleaning, respectively.

** David Fury later played the [[Jim Henson]] [[Expy]] in the ''[[Angel]]'' episode "Smile Time".

** And the Arch-Astronomer of Krull in ''[[The Colour of Magic (film)|The Colour of Magic]]''.

*** And gets the literal last word of dialogue in all three!

* [[Neil Gaiman]] appears in the background in one scene in the TV adaptation of ''[[Neverwhere]]''.

** Writer Mark Gatiss appeared, uncredited, as a Spitfire pilot in "Victory of the Daleks" (also cameoing in [[Steven Moffat]]'s "A Good Man Goes to War").

* [[Tony Kushner]] has a cameo as a rabbi in the ''[[Angels in America]]'' miniseries.

* Kathy Reichs, the author of the Temperance Brennan books, gets a cameo in season 2 of ''[[Bones]]''.

* [[Douglas Adams]] appeared a couple of times in the televised version of ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy (TV series)|The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy]]''. Most notably, he walks into the ocean stark naked after the actor who was hired didn't show up.

* Series creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas appear in a late first-season episode of ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' as fake paramedics who take part in Barney's "greatest pickup line of all time."

* Mark Wahlberg appeared [[Special Guest|as himself]] on ''[[Entourage]]'', playing with Vince and Drama at a charity golf tournament.

* [[Stephen King]] had a cameo as a pizza delivery guy in one tv adaptation of "Rose Red".

* Grahman Linehan can be seen in ''[[The IT Crowd]]'', as a scientist who runs across the screen during the [[Fight Scene]] between Reynholm Junior and his girlfriend who was from Ira^H^H^H^H^H used to be a man.

* Charlaine Harris, author of the ''Sookie Stackhouse'' novels, is seen in Merlotte's talking to Sam in the final episode of the second season of ''[[True Blood]]''.

* In the first season ''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.|The Man From UNCLE]]'' episode "The Giuoco Piano Affair", series co-creator/executive producer Norman Felton, series co-creator/producer Sam Rolfe, associate producer Joseph Calvelli, and episode director Richard Donner all have cameos as guests at a party hosted by episode guest star [[Real Life Relative|Jill Ireland]] (then-wife of series co-star David McCallum).

* [[Donald P. Bellisario]]:

** He also appears, along with his son, as a man and child being evacuated from the island of Boragora when its volcano is erupting in the ''[[Tales of the Gold Monkey]]'' episode ''"A Distant Shout of Thunder."''

* In a season 2 episode of ''[[Numb3rs]]'', two guys from the Russian mafia come and threaten Charlie by sitting in the back of the room while he's teaching. One of them is Nick Falacci, one of the show's creators.

* Simon Nye cast himself in two minor, non-speaking role in ''[[Men Behaving Badly]]'' - as "Catatonic Man" in 'Gary and Tony', and as Gary's Only Other Friend, Clive (previously [[The Ghost]]) in 'Wedding'.

* Frequent ''[[Farscape]]'' director Rowan Woods plays an acting role (rather more than a cameo) in the episode "John Quixote" as the fat male Zhaan-impersonator.

* In ''[[Slings and Arrows]]'', creators Susan Coyne and [[The Kids in The Hall|Mark McKinney]] play supporting roles as Anna Conroy and Richard Smith-Jones. The final member of the creative team, Bob Martin, makes his cameo as accountant Terry and gets a chance to deliver the "brief candle" monologue from [[Macbeth]].

* ''[[Seinfeld]]'' co-creator [[Larry David]], in addition to having an [[Author Avatar]] as a main character (George), appears in extra and bit roles, sometimes thinly disguised but just as often clearly recognizable. In the spite of the frequency, this is never lampshaded, and he never develops into a consistent character as in ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]''.

* ''[[Pretty Little Liars]]'' had Sara Shepard, the author of the original books the show is based from, as a substitute teacher.

* Mark Goodson turned up on the panel of [[Match Game]] when panelist Charles Nelson Reilly was late.

* ''[[Kids in The Hall]]'' was told to hold a contest to add interest to the show. Not wanting to give away standard prizes like a free ticket to attend a taping, they decided the prize for their contest was going to be the right to poke Paul Bellini with a stick, one of the shows writers. The fact that Paul Bellini appeared in his skits wearing only a towel, never spoke, and the contest was called "Touch Paul Bellini," increased the absurdity of it. Before long, the Paul Bellini fan club had a [[Ensemble Darkhorse|larger membership]] than the Kids In The Hall fan club. He had a few more cameos (including a second contest where the prize was to have breakfast with him) before one speaking line during the final scene of series.

{{quote|'''Paul Bellini''': ''Thank God that's finally over.'' [''dances on their graves'']}}

 

* On the 1960 Columbia recording of ''[[On the Town]]'', composer [[Leonard Bernstein]] not only conducts but also sings the part of the barker at Coney Island ("Rajah Bimmy"). When the recording was first issued, the singer was credited as [[Significant Anagram|Randel Striboneen]]. (It also had Betty Comden and Adolph Green in their original roles, which are hardly cameos.)

 

* The head sculpt for the ''[[G.I. Joe]]'' action figure "Tunnel Rat" is based on [[Larry Hama]], the longtime writer of the ''Joe'' [[Comic Book]]. This was done by the toy developers as a tribute.

 

* Chris Roberts has a cameo in the big trial scene at the end of ''[[Wing Commander (video game)|Wing Commander]] IV'' when you win the game, as the [[A Nazi by Any Other Name|Black Lance]] member who proclaimed "... and I couldn't go on!"

** He also provided the voice for the Communications Officer for the TCS ''Coventry'', one of the destroyers escorting your carrier later in ''[[Wing Commander (video game)|Wing Commander]] III''.

* [[Harlan Ellison]], author of ''[[I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream]]'', voiced AM in the game adaptation.

* Stan Lee also continues his trend of Marvel cameos in ''[[Marvel Ultimate Alliance]] 2'', appearing in-game as Senator Lieber, whom you rescue from Titanium Man. [[Deadpool]], per his [[Fourth Wall]] breaking antics, claims he knows him from "somewhere".

* [[Kirby|Masahiro Sakurai]] lend his voice to King Dedede in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]. Brawl''.

* ''[[Pokémon]]'' has one in every single one of its main games. They are in the developers room. They also usually give you a certificate [[Gotta Catch Em All|if you fully complete your Pokédex]].

** Buddy Faith was originally based on another member of the design team, who later asked them to make Buddy look less like him. Apparently he wasn't comfortable seeing himself as a corpse.

** In a more minor example, the characters' voices are provided by members of the dev team (the localization team for the English versions) rather than dedicated voice actors - for instance, Manfred von Karma is voiced by the first game's composer, Masakazu Sugimori, in the Japanese version, while his daughter Franziska is played by localizer Janet Hsu in the English version.

* ''[[Aquaria (video game)|Aquaria]]'' has a [[Developer's Room]]<ref>located (spoilered in case you [[Easter Egg|wanna find it yourself]]</ref>) {{spoiler|in The Abyss}} with two unattractive ([[Lampshade Hanging|according to Naija humorous narration]]) fish that happen to have hair, one short and blonde, the other long and black. Now, in case you didn't know before, one of the amazing features of this game was that it was made just about entirely by two men.

* David Cage is modeled for and voices the intro/tutorial of ''[[Fahrenheit (2005 video game)|Indigo Prophecy]]''.

* While he isn't the creator, Dan Forden, who worked with sound and music for the ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' games, would occasionally pop up in the corner of the screen and say "TOASTY!" when one of the fighters performed an uppercut. After ''3'', he stopped appearing, but he's back in ''[[Mortal Kombat 9]]''

* One title in the [[NHL Hockey]] series allows you to basically create members of the EA development team if you input their names in the Create-A-Player option.

* In an early level of ''[[Half Life]]'', it's revealed [[Valve|Gabe Newell]] has an office in Black Mesa.

 

* ''[[Broken Saints]]'' writer/director Brooke Burgess (a bit reluctantly) agreed to be the voice actor for Gabriel when voices were recorded for the DVD. Like with Shayamalan's cameos, this is actually a meaty role and more than just a regular cameo.

 

* [http://egscomics.com/?date=2010-09-17 This] ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' strip (panel 6) has Dan Shive in a comic shop. Note that this is different from the [[Author Avatar]] character that appears in some non-canon strips.

* ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' webcomic sometimes have own author appear, most notable one being one where he complained about many new characters being difficult to draw!

** Also contains a meta example. The storyteller is more or less identical to Phil from ''[[What's New with Phil and Dixie]]''.

* Jeph Jacques appears as an extra in [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2066 this] ''[[Questionable Content]]'' strip.

 

* ''[[Metal Gear Solid Philanthropy]]'' director Giacomo Talamini gets top billing as Solid Snake in the film because no other capable actors who looked enough like Solid Snake could be found.

** All three Whedon brothers lend their voices to the Bad Horse Chorus.

** Jed Whedon also plays both Chorus member #2 onscreen, and ELE member Dead Bowie.

* On the Lego Indiana Jones website, there is a short cartoon that ends with minifigs of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg watching the short itself, complete with a E.T baseball cap and a plaid T shirt.

 

* Shortly after ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' gives his bread to starving children, two men discuss the prince who is passing on the street. They are modeled and voiced by the film's directors (other characters are drawn like crew members).

** Likewise, when Mushu scares two men in order to get fireworks, they are ''[[Mulan]]'s'' directors.

** ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'' has directors Roger Clements and John Musker on a float tossing beads during the Mardi Gras parade. And [[Walt Disney]] himself shows up at the parade, watching the wedding procession from a balcony and as a customer in Tiana's restaurant in the ending.

** Going ''way'' back, the short "Ferdinand the Bull" features several of the animators drawn into the parade scene, with Walt Disney himself as the matador.

* [[Matt Groening]] appears as one of the heads in the head museum in the pilot of ''[[Futurama]]''.

* In the WWII ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' cartoon "Russian Rhapsody", many, if not most, of the gremlins are caricatures of the cartoon studio personnel.

* ''[[The Incredibles]]'': Director [[Brad Bird]] is the voice of Edna 'E' Mode.

* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': In "Journey to Ba Sing Se", the [[media:Avatars.jpg|fake Avatar holding the staff]] is producer Mike DiMartino. In "The Ember Island Players", playwright [[Stealth Pun|Pu-on]] Tim is the episode's writer, Tim Hedrick.

* Outside of their two major roles, the creators of ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' pop up from time to time as in universe avatars. In a recent episode they [[Don't Explain the Joke|explain jokes]] even.

* Casting agent and director [[Mark Evanier]] appears in a voice cameo as himself in the ''[[Garfield and Friends]]'' episode "Mistakes Will Happen", his voice can be heard telling Garfield that he could say a line better.

* In ''[[The Flintstones]]'' TV special "I Yabba Dabba Do" William Hanna and Joseph Barbera appear as themselves as wedding guests saying Pebbles and Bam-Bam were made for each other.

** Not really a cameo but in the original ''[[Tom and Jerry]]'' shorts William Hanna provided most of the vocal sounds made by the titular characters; he even voiced them in a few instances were they actually spoke.

* Lots of examples in the animated adaption of ''The Bear''. Raymond Briggs, creator of the original cartoon book, appears as the face of the moon. Composer and songwriter Howard Blake is the pianist who sees the bears go past. Executive Producer Paul Madden is the seaman who spots the bear cub on the ice floe. Director Hilary Audus is the mother at the zoo with her family. Art Director Joanna Harrison is the cashier at the zoo shop. And the baby in the cot, with the initials JC on his romper suit, is supposed to be Producer John Coates.

* In the ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' episode "Tiny Toons Music Television," the music video for "Respect" features the executive producers in one shot and the writers in another.

** ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]] Movie'' has a cameo of both Craig and Lauren in the office that Mojo shows the girls at the climax of the film. They're the ones that are just out of the door.

*** Also in the special ''The Powerpuff Girls Rule'', there's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo of Craig and Lauren after {{spoiler|Mojo goes back to his evil ways.}}

** Butch also makes a cameo as the maitre d' in [[A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!|the live-action movie]].

** Caricatures of the staff can also be seen in the title card of "Fairy Idol".

* On [[Mighty Mouse|''Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures'']], a caricature of series producer Ralph Bakshi turns up. In the episode "Night Of The Bat-Bat," Mighty Mouse scribbles a caricature of John Kricfalusi on the side of the phone booth in which he's talking on the phone with Bat-Bat.

* Near the end of ''Random! Cartoons'' short ''Moobeard The Cow Pirate'', creator Kyle A. Carrozza walks by an establishing shot in cat [[Funny Animal]] form, alongside a female [[Funny Animal]] cat who's apparently based on a friend who also works in animation. Carrozza also provided the voices for a couple of minor characters.

* In ''[[Young Justice (animation)|Young Justice]]'', co-producer [[Greg Weisman]] voices Lucas "Snapper" Carr, formerly the Justice League's teen mascot and currently Miss Martian and Superboy's civics teacher. He originally auditioned for the role of Red Tornado, because he appears in way more episodes and shares a voice with his creator T.O. Morrow and brothers Red Torpedo and Red Volcano, [[Money, Dear Boy|meaning he'd get paid more]]. Unfortunately, '[[Vitriolic Best Buds|that ogre]]' (and co-producer) Brandom Vietti thought [[Jeff Bennett]] did it better, and suggested Snapper as an alternative.

 

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