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Subtrope of [[Casting Gag]]. Liable to be a [[Large Ham]]. Expect numerous [[Actor Allusion]]s. Compare [[Real Life Relative]]. Not to be confused with [[Old Friend]] or [[Beleaguered Childhood Friend]], but can overlap with either.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Episodes 42 and 43 of the ''[[Angel Heart (manga)|Angel Heart]]'' anime series involves [[City Hunter|Ryo Saeba]] (who is voiced by [[Akira Kamiya]]) dating a news reporter voiced by [[Yuriko Yamamoto]]. Kamiya and Yamamoto previously played [[Star-Crossed Lovers|Kenshiro and Yuria]] in the original 80's version of ''[[Fist of the North Star|Hokuto no Ken]]''.
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* In ''The Senator Was Indiscreet'', a William Powell vehicle, the final scene reveals that his wife, unseen till now, is Myrna Loy, who co-starred as his wife in numerous movies including ''[[The Thin Man (film)|The Thin Man]]'' series.
== [[Live
* In ''[[Doctor Who]]'' the actress who plays Jenny, the Tenth Doctor's daughter, is the daughter of [[Peter Davison]], the Fifth Doctor. <!-- Anything more relationship-wise comes from AFTER the episode was recorded and transmitted and isn't an example. -->
* Bob Newhart's first sitcom wife, Suzanne Pleshette (in ''[[The Bob Newhart Show]]''), showed up in the final episode of his second sitcom (''[[Newhart]]''), where {{spoiler|it turned out the whole later series (in which he played a New England innkeeper)
▲* Bob Newhart's first sitcom wife, Suzanne Pleshette (in ''[[The Bob Newhart Show]]''), showed up in the final episode of his second sitcom (''[[Newhart]]''), where it turned out the whole later series (in which he played a New England innkeeper) {{spoiler|was just a dream}}.
** Tom Poston, who played George Utley on ''Newhart'', had been a recurring guest star on the earlier show as "The Peeper".
** One episode of the later show had Newhart's Dick Loudon running into the first show's Mr. Carlin (Jack Riley).
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* Cast as Peter Hunt, an old flame of Candice Bergen's titular character ''[[Murphy Brown]]'', Scott Bakula ended his recurring role on the show by entering an elevator and "leaping" a la ''[[Quantum Leap]]'', which series had recently ended.
** Bakula then showed up as an old flame of Shirley Schmidt on ''[[Boston Legal]]''. Shirley is, of course, played by [[Candice Bergen]].
* Scott Bakula also was imprisoned by his ''[[Quantum Leap]]'' sidekick Dean Stockwell in ''[[Star Trek:
* [[Bill Cosby]] welcomed Robert Culp onto ''[[The Cosby Show]]'' episode "Bald and Beautiful", reprising their teamup in the [[Spy Drama]] ''[[I Spy]]''.
* ''[[Gilmore Girls]]'': In one episode near the end of season 4, Michael DeLuise's character's bachelor party includes his real-life brother, David DeLuise. To top it all off, the Girls are seen watching a movie starring Michael's father, Dom DeLuise. All of the above DeLuises have also had small parts on ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' and ''[[SeaQuest DSV]]''.
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* The episode of ''[[The Batman]]'' that introduced Robin featured Kevin Conroy (Batman from B:TAS) as Dick Grayson's father and Mark Hamill (Joker from same) as Tony Zucco.
** Also from the episode that introduced Robin with Mark Hamill was [[Grey DeLisle]], who voiced Dick Grayson's mother. Hamill and DeLisle voiced father and daughter Ozai and Azula on ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''.
* When Pleakley's family comes to visit on ''[[Lilo
* In the sequels to Disney's ''Cinderella'', Prince Charming is voiced by [[Spider-Man: The Animated Series|Christopher Barnes]] and Cinderella herself is now voiced by Jennifer Hale, AKA The Black Cat from the same series.
** Also, during the run of said series, Robert Hays reprised his role of [[Iron Man (animation)|Iron Man]] for [[Crossover|some team-ups]] with Spider-Man. Hays and Barnes previously appeared together on the ''[[Starman (TV series)|Starman]]'' TV series and both were reportedly thrilled with working together again.
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