Lawyer-Friendly Cameo: Difference between revisions

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* Volume 7 of ''[[Faeries Landing]]'' has a brief one panel cameo of Luffy D. Monkey from ''[[One Piece]]''.

* ''[[Sorcerer Hunters]]'' includes a number of these, exemplified by the chapter "Seaside Days in the Springtime of Youth, one of the series' many [[Beach Episode]]s. In it, a magical potion turns the protagonists into cosplaying cameos from other series such as ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'', and ''[[Darkstalkers]]''. Also, for a [[Fan Service]] laden [[Shōnen manga]] series, the frequent cameos from the decidedly [[Shojo]] and chaste dating sim of ''[[Angelique]]'' were amusing, especially when the game's resident [[Cute Shotaro Boy]] showed up as a slave boy belonging to one of the manga's villains.

* In episode 49 of ''[[Shaman King]]'', the members Team LCT/Team Insane Asylum were based off [[Professional Wrestling|Pro Wrestlers]] Mark LoMonaco (Bubba Ray Dudley/Brother Ray), one of the Hardys ([[Matt Hardy]] or [[Jeff Hardy]]) and Adam Copeland ([[Edge]]) who used tables, ladders and chairs respectively as their weapons in the [[WWE]].

* In episode 49 of ''[[Shaman King]]'', the members Team LCT/Team Insane Asylum were based off [[Professional Wrestling|Pro Wrestlers]] Mark LoMonaco (Bubba Ray Dudley/Brother Ray), one of the Hardys ([[Matt Hardy]] or [[Jeff Hardy]]) and Adam Copeland ([[Edge]]) who used tables, ladders and chairs respectively as their weapons in the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]].

** And of course, earlier the heroes had to fight the corpse of a world famous Chinese martial artist from Hollywood movies, who developed his own fighting style, whose favorite weapons were a pair of nunchuks, and who died mysteriously at the peak of his popularity. So, totally not Bruce Lee, then.

* ''[[My Balls]]'' has [[Angelina Jolie|Angel*** Jolie]] in Chapter 28.

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* Also in ''[[Superman]]/[[Batman]]'' the story arc, ''With A Vengeance'' features the "Maximums" who are thinly veiled analogues of [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]] from the [[Marvel Comics|other guys]]..

* [[Star Wars|Darth Vader]] once fought the [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Rebel_Four Rebel Four].

** This occurs several times in ''[[Star Wars Tales]]'', there are minor appearances of characters from outside the franchisee who appear in the background. Such as [[Toy Story (franchise)||Buzz Lightyear]], [[Futurama|Bender]], a [[Predator]]...among the few characters who sometimes pop up.

** This occurs several times in ''[[Star Wars Tales]]'', there are minor appearances of characters from outside the franchisee who appear in the background. Such as [[Toy Story (franchise)|Buzz Lightyear]], [[Futurama|Bender]], a [[Predator]]...among the few characters who sometimes pop up.

* The [[Batman]] [[Elseworld]] ''Detective #27'' features Bruce Wayne being inducted into the Secret Society of Detectives. Apart from Alfred and the Crimson Avenger, none of the other members are named, but from the way they're drawn, they're clearly intended to include [[Sam Spade]] (or maybe [[Philip Marlowe]]), [[Hercule Poirot]], [[The Thin Man (film)|Nick and Nora Charles]], and [[Nero Wolfe]], amongst others.

* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (comics)|Archie Comics Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' had tons of Lawyer-Friendly Cameos, especially in its early days, like the picture above shows. This even continued on when Knuckles got his own short-lived series. This was actually done by turning them into the various races that live on Mobius or one of Robotnik's robots. Amongst more recognizable ones were a recurring set of Mobians that resembled Mihoshi, Ayeka and Sasami of ''[[Tenchi Muyo!|Tenchi Muyo]]'', the infamous [[Sailor Moon|Sally Moon, Chibi Rose and Tuxedo Knux]], [[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman|Sonicaman]], [[Spawn]]mower, and a group of robots resembling [[Mystery Science Theater 3000|Crow T. Robot, Tom Servo, and Cambot]] ([http://tohaveacurse.blogspot.com/2011/07/sonic-hedgehog-52-review.html fourth image from the top here]).

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*** ''Chrono Trigger'' even did one better; ''Star Wars'' also contains an Admiral Piett, who cameos alongside "Vicks" and Wedge.

** ''[[Final Fantasy I]]'' basically used the original ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' bestiary (complete with their original names) in its original Japanese release. To prevent a lawsuit, many of the monsters were renamed (not always sensibly) when the game was first ported, turning many of the monsters into this. This has slowly been reversed as remakes have been made with names more closely matching the originals.

* An early conversation in ''[[Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World]]'' has Emil and Marta discussing whether the mask that Lloyd dropped reminded them of the one from "[[The Phantom of the Opera|Phantom of the Operetta]]", "[[V for Vendetta|F for Foe]]", or "[[The Man in the Iron Mask (1998 film)||The Man in the Aluminum Mask]]".

* An early conversation in ''[[Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World]]'' has Emil and Marta discussing whether the mask that Lloyd dropped reminded them of the one from "[[The Phantom of the Opera|Phantom of the Operetta]]", "[[V for Vendetta|F for Foe]]", or "[[The Man in the Iron Mask (1998 film)|The Man in the Aluminum Mask]]".

** Don't forget the [[Super Sentai|Centurion]] [[Power Rangers|Rangers]].

* Every ''[[Quest for Glory]]'' game features a cameo by at least one famous comedian. The list includes [[The Three Stooges]] in the first game, the [[Marx Brothers]] in the second, Redd Foxx as [[Sanford and Son|Fred Sanford]] ''and'' [[Abbott and Costello]] in the third, and a sound-alike of Rodney Dangerfield in the fourth.

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* One of the episodes of ''[[Ben 10]]'' has [[Naruto|Konohamaru's team]] appear in the background. In another, an orange-haired girl dressed like Sakura is on screen briefly.

* In an interesting case, one episode of ''[[Arthur (animation)|Arthur]]'' had Arthur and friends writing pilot scripts for a contest. These were all obvious parodies of other popular cartoons. The thing is, most of these parodies were of shows aimed at a- to put it lightly- [[Parental Bonus|more mature audience]], like ''[[South Park]]'', ''[[Beavis and Butthead]]'', and ''[[Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist]]''.

** There was also [[WWE]] and ''[[Dexter's Laboratory|Dexters Laboratory]]''. What makes this more disturbing is that each of the stories were actual submissions by kids for a contest to generate ideas for the show. So... yeah.

** There was also [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] and ''[[Dexter's Laboratory|Dexters Laboratory]]''. What makes this more disturbing is that each of the stories were actual submissions by kids for a contest to generate ideas for the show. So... yeah.

** One episode had a Domo plush in the background, another referenced a show called "Judo Kittens" whose characters [[The Powerpuff Girls|looked pretty familiar]]...