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* 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).
** Bill Daily (annoying neighbor Howard Borden from ''The Bob Newhart Show'') guest-starred as Dick Loudon's annoying neighbor on ''Newhart''.
* Timothy Daly appeared as himself in an Episode of ''[[Monk]]''. He and ''Monk'' star Tony Shalhoub previously appeared together in the series ''[[Wings (TV series)|Wings]]''.
** Lampshaded by the fact that Monk doesn't know who Tim Daly is. His assistant tells him that Daly was on ''Wings'' and was the only good actor on the show.
** In another episode, Steven Weber, also from ''[[Wings (TV series)|Wings]]'' appeared. He was not playing himself, however, and no mention of the show was made.
* The secretary {{spoiler|who turns out to have the jade pin}} in ''[[Sherlock]]'' is the girlfriend of Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays Sherlock.
* ''[[Nash Bridges]]'' had a double-header with the episode "Wild Card", reuniting stars Don Johnson and Cheech Marin with their former partners [[Miami Vice|Philip Michael Thomas]] and [[Cheech and Chong|Tommy Chong]]. Thomas's character even made a second appearance in season six's "Out of Miami".
* When Brad Pitt appeared on ''[[Friends]]'', his character was an old acquaintance of [[Jennifer Aniston]]'s . However, he hated her and she barely remembered him.
** As well as Tate Donovan, who appeared earlier on the same show when ''he'' was dating Jennifer Aniston.
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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: Enterprise|Star Trek Enterprise]]''.
* [[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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*** They even had some [[Mythology Gag|MythologyGags]] for each. With the Wopat/Schneider reunion, they had them riding around in Wopat's character's car, which looked suspiciously like the ''General Lee'', and even repeated the old Dukes of Hazzard gag of the passenger side door not working and having to climb in through the window. Lex referred to Wopat as Jonathan's "Good Ole Boy", a reference to the ''Dukes'' theme song. They even mentioned several [[Noodle Incident|NoodleIncidents]] involving Jonathan and Wopat's character outrunning the local sheriff when they were young!
*** As for the Margot Kidder character, Martha questions whether Kidder's character and Chris Reeve's character ever had a relationship, to which Kidder's character wistfully replies [[Superman (film)|"In another lifetime..."]]
* Tahj Mowry, younger brother of Tia and Tamera Mowry, guest starred three times on their show ''[[Sister, Sister]]'' (this is also an example of a [[You Look Familiar]], since he played a different character each time.) They returned the favor by appearing on his show, ''Smart Guy''.
* In an episode of ''[[Boy Meets World]]'', one of Cory's college professors is played by Fred Savage, the brother of Cory's actor, Ben Savage.
** Eric Matthews' best friend Jason was played by [[Will Friedle|Will Friedle's]] real-life best friend [[The Danza|Jason Marsden]]. This isn't the first of last time the two of them played a pair of [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]
* In the Pamela Anderson sitcom ''Stacked'', Pam's character gets visits from old friends played by Carmen Electra (Anderson's co-star in ''[[Baywatch]]'') and Jenny McCarthy (who appeared with Anderson in ''Scary Movie 2''). All three have also been [[Playboy]] Playmates.
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** On a similar note, ''[[All That]]'' post-reboot often played around with this, bringing on former cast members as guest stars (and also having a hilarious interaction between guest star Britney Spears and recurring character Thelma Stump, played by Britney's younger sister Jamie Lynn.)
* [[Amy Sedaris]]' interview on ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' for the ''[[Strangers with Candy]]'' movie should have been one of these, but the ''character'' [[Stephen Colbert]] wasn't in ''[[Strangers with Candy]]''. It turns out in the Report universe, Chuck Noblet was played by Kevin Spacey.
* ''[[Spin City]]'s'' Richard Kind, Michael Boatman, Alan Ruck, Barry Bostwick, Alexander Chaplin, Heather Locklear and of course Michael J. Fox have all appeared in Bill Lawrence's ''next'' show, ''[[Scrubs]]''.
** [[Mandy Moore]] guest-starred as a love interest to then-boyfriend [[Zack Braff]] in season 5.
* ''[[Angel]]'' co-stars Christian Kane (Lindsey McDonald) and Sam Anderson (his evil boss Holland Manners) were reunited in an episode of ''[[Leverage]]''. Kane (Eliot Spencer) was part of a con against Anderson's one-episode character, and says that they winked at each other on-screen to reference their history.
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* Another example with ''[[Angel]]'' actors: David Boreanaz went from playing the title character in ''[[Angel]]'' to Agent Booth in ''[[Bones]]''. While there, he encountered Adam Baldwin, who played both a fellow FBI Agent (''[[Bones]]'') and a liaison to the Senior Partners (''[[Angel]]''), and Gina Torres, a murder suspect (''[[Bones]]'') and a demoness (''[[Angel]]''). Interestingly, although Baldwin and Torres did not appear in the same episode, both were regulars on ''[[Firefly]]'', which was also by Joss Whedon, the creator of ''[[Angel]]''.
** And ''[[Bones]]'' regular TJ Thyne (Dr. Jack Hodgins) had unnamed guest spots in the final seasons of ''[[Angel]]''.
** From another direction, ''Bones'' had a one-off episode in which Bones' second cousin appears. Who else should show up in such a role other than Emily Deschanel's [[Real Life Relative|little sister]] [[Zooey Deschanel|Zooey]]?
* ''[[In Plain Sight]]'' stars Mary McCormack, who played Kate Harper on ''[[The West Wing]]''. In the second season, her character's sister dates a character played by Joshua Malina. Malina's and McCormack's characters dated on TWW, and there is an odd look when their characters meet. Also, in the same episode, fellow ''[[The West Wing]]'' alum Richard Schiff guest stars (as [[Implacable Man|The Implacable]] [[Ninja Pirate Robot Zombie|Rabbi Detective]]), and he and McCormack share a classic [[Walk and Talk|Sorkin Pedeconference]] through the halls of a hospital at the end of the episode.
* In ''[[The West Wing]]'', Martin Sheen offers William Devane the job of vice president. The last time they faced each other in the oval office was in the 1970's, in ''The Missiles of October'', when they played Robert and John F. Kennedy respectively. Both were doing Mayor Quimby accents back then, of course.
* The ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' fifth season opener was "Buffy vs Dracula", billed as a battle of the titans. It was a little undercut by Dracula being played by Sarah Michelle Gellar's old flame from "All My Children", Rudolf Martin.
* On ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'', David Cross's character goes to a therapist played by Bob Odenkirk, his ''Mr. Show'' co-star.
* ''[[Glee]]'': Jonathan Groff's appearance as Rachel's beau Jesse St. James. He and Lea Michele (Rachel) were co-stars in the Broadway run of ''[[Spring Awakening]]''. An ex of hers, John Lloyd Young, actually appeared in the third episode ("Acafellas") but their characters never interacted.
* ''[[Becker]]'', starring Ted Danson, has featured guest appearances from his ''[[Cheers]]'' co-stars Rhea Perlman, George Wendt and Kelsey Grammer, all of which are subtly lampshaded by means of role-reversal; Perlman plays a happy-go-lucky character to Danson's unhappy pessimist, Wendt plays a barman to Danson's character, and Grammer plays a recovering alcoholic against Danson's Harvard-graduate doctor. In Grammer's case, the two old friends also state that the last time they saw each other was in a bar in Boston.
* It happened a number of times in ''[[News Radio]]''.
** In "Stupid Holiday Charity Talent Show", Dave's knife-throwing nemesis Throwdini is played by Dave Foley's former and future ''[[Kids in The Hall]]'' colleague Kevin McDonald.
** In "Goofy Ball", Bill's stalker is played by Phil Hartman's former ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' colleague Dennis Miller.
** [[Janeane Garofalo]] and Bob Odenkirk also made guest appearances; both worked with Andy Dick on ''[[The Ben Stiller Show]]''.
* Following the ending of ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]'', Alfonso Ribeiro, who had played Carlton Banks, joined the cast of ''[[In The House]]'' as Dr. Maxwell Stanton. In the finale of that show, Max's parents appear -- naturally, played by James Avery and Daphne Maxwell Reid, who had played Carlton's parents. Later a minister appears, played by Joseph Marcell, who had played Geoffrey Butler on ''The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air''. Topping off the gag, Max's father mistakenly gives the minister a drink order, then comments that he "looks like someone we used to know".
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** Chris Masterson guest-starred in a few episodes, and had at least one scene with Hyde, who is played by Chris' older brother Danny.
* Robert Carradine once guest-starred on an episode of [[ER]] where he had a scene with Anthony Edwards detailing all the ways the hospital could be improved. Carradine and Edwards co-starred in [[Revenge of the Nerds]].
* ''[[iCarly]]'' had an episode where [[Miranda Cosgrove]]'s real life best friend Haley Ramm play a childhood friend of hers that she hasn't seen in years in the episode ''iReunite With Missy''
** Haley also appeared in [[Yours Mine Ours]] as Miranda's character's step-sister.
* Florence Henderson and Robert Reed guest-starred in separate subplots on an episode of [[The Love Boat]]. They meet at the buffet table, look as if they're about to recognize each other, then shake their heads dismissively and go their separate ways.
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* In ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'' Blue Beetle's best friend Paco is played by [[Jason Marsden]], who previously played Eric Matthews' best friend, er, [[The Danza|Jason Marsden]] on ''[[Boy Meets World]]'', and is Will Freidle's best friend in [[Real Life]].
** This sort of thing happens a lot with these two.
* Also from ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'', [[DCAU|Kevin Conroy]], the voice of Batman from the 90s animated series, played the Phantom Stranger in "Chill of the Night!" alongside [[Mark Hamill]], who famously played the Joker in that series, as the Spectre. The episode also featured [[Adam West]] as Thomas Wayne and Julie Newmar as Martha Wayne.
* 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]]''.
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