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== Anime and Manga ==

==Examples in fiction==

* A major arc in ''[[Skip Beat!]]'' revolves around the fact that Kyoko's portrayal of the character [[Love to Hate|Mio]] in her major television debut defined the roles she was offered after the fact - to the point that the directors would tell her to "just act like Mio."

== Film ==

* ''[[Galaxy Quest]]'' parodied the dilemma of the cast of ''[[Star Trek]]'', where the entire cast of the [[Show Within a Show|in-universe sci-fi series]] is known for nothing else—and one of them laments that [[Classically-Trained Extra|he used to be in Shakespeare plays]] before he started on the series. Not only did several of the original ''[[Star Trek]]'' cast act in [[Shakespeare]] before their ''[[Star Trek]]'' roles (including [[William Shatner]] and [[Patrick Stewart]]), but so did [[Alan Rickman]], the actor who plays the complaining character who [[Lampshade Hanging|says this]].

** Despite his hatred for the role, Rickman's character is never seen without his [[Rubber Forehead Aliens|make up on]]. He even wears it at home by himself.

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* In ''[[Soap Dish]]'', everyone in the dinner theater washed up soap actor Jeffrey Anderson is working at calls him "[[Death of a Salesman|Mr. Loman]]", whom he plays. He constantly screams, "MY NAME IS ANDERSON! ''ANDERSON!''"

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* A tragic in-universe example of this trope is actress Mary Dahl aka Baby Doll from ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]''. She went insane because nobody would accept her as anything but lovable, troublesome tot Baby Doll. It didn't help that she suffered a genetic disorder which kept her from growing, leaving her trapped in a child's body. She starred in a stage production of ''Macbeth'', but it was largely panned and ignored.

== Live-Action TV ==

* A variant happens in the first Thanksgiving episode of ''[[Friends]]''. Joey does modeling for a stock photo company and ends up on a poster for STDs. His family then thinks he actually has one.

* A plotline on the second season of ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'' had a whole plotline in Season 2 where he tried—unsuccessfully—to pitch a show about one of the actors from ''[[Seinfeld]]'' facing this, first with Jason Alexander, then with Julia Louis-Dreyfus. [[Failure Is the Only Option|He fails with both attempts]].

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* A major arc in ''[[Skip Beat!]]'' revolves around the fact that Kyoko's portrayal of the character [[Love to Hate|Mio]] in her major television debut defined the roles she was offered after the fact - to the point that the directors would tell her to "just act like Mio."

* When [[Richard Wilson]] guest starred in ''[[Father Ted]]'' as himself, he beat Ted up for using [[One Foot in the Grave|Victor Meldrew]]'s catchphrase on him.

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* In ''[[Soap Dish]]'', everyone in the dinner theater washed up soap actor Jeffrey Anderson is working at calls him "[[Death of a Salesman|Mr. Loman]]", whom he plays. He constantly screams, "MY NAME IS ANDERSON! ''ANDERSON!''"

== Western Animation ==

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* A tragic in-universe example of this trope is actress Mary Dahl aka Baby Doll from ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]''. She went insane because nobody would accept her as anything but lovable, troublesome tot Baby Doll. It didn't help that she suffered a genetic disorder which kept her from growing, leaving her trapped in a child's body. She starred in a stage production of ''Macbeth'', but it was largely panned and ignored.

== Examples from Real Life ==