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* ''[[Fist of the North Star]]''

** Kenshiro has traits drawn from [[Mel Gibson]], [[Bruce Lee]], and [[Sylvester Stallone]].

** Jango is actually two celebrities in one—his mannerisms are clearly based on [[Michael Jackson]], but if one looks closely, his face actually better resembles [[Aerosmith|Steven Tyler]] than it does Jackson (minus, of course, the heart-shaped eyes, as revealed in a manga omake).

** It goes on. [[Word of God]] says that Franky is based off [[Jim Carrey]]. Each of the Three Admirals is based off a famous Japanese actor known for playing gangsters. [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Trafalgar Law]] looks like ''The Pickup Artist'' of all people. It's practically a [[Running Gag]] at this point.

** Vice-Admiral Garp's right hand man is based off Humphrey Bogart. He's even called Bogart.

* The dub of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' mines the ever-loving hell out of celebrity impersonations, especially for Duel Spirits. Neo-Spacian Ground Mole is Art Carney; the Ojama Trio (Green, Yellow and Black) are an approximation of the Three Stooges, Crystal Beast Emerald Turtle is essentially a really poor [[Woody Allen]], and Crystal Beast Amber Mammoth is possibly the worst [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] the world has ever heard.

** It's present in the original series, too. Pegasus' love of Toon monsters is easily explained when you consider that his favorite movie appears to be ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]''? (Check out his email avatar sometime!)

** Gai sounds like Elvis in the dub? I want you guys to see and hear Chikara. Even Word of God says it: His appearance is similar to many Elvis impersonators. Particularly those that impersonate Elvis's Las Vegas years, when he put on a great deal of weight. In the English dub, his voice is based on Elvis Presley.

** Killer Bee was supposedly inspired by the [[Wu-Tang Clan]]

* ''Noritaka''. Its final arc, and arguably the worst one, features a streetfighting contest, and the main character will confront Sting, Michael Jackson, Mick Jagger and some more celebrities. They're called by their names, with little or none variations (e.g., Sting is a Police man...)

* ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'' has a number of minor characters who, for one reason or another, look suspiciously like known actors or other noteworthy individuals. Examples include Ben Jackson (Forest Whitaker), Karina's teacher ([[Steven Spielberg]]), Karina's manager ([[Robert Downey, Jr.]]), and the Mayor ([[Barack Obama]]).

* ''[[Afganisu-tan]]'' is pretty much an exact replica of "Afghan Girl" from the famous National Geographic cover.

 

* Spider Jerusalem from ''[[Transmetropolitan]]'' is future Hunter S. Thompson.

* ''[[Cerebus the Aardvark]]'': Even after outgrowing its [[Cerebus Syndrome|Conan-parody beginning]], the series continued to feature parody characters and thinly veiled celebrities, Lord Julius (Groucho Marx), Dirty Drew and Dirty Fleagle McGrew (Yosemite Sam) and Adam Weisshaupt (named after the historical figure credited with founding the Bavarian Illuminati). For extra efficiency, Dave Sim created an Elric parody ''and'' a Senator Claghorn/Foghorn Leghorn homage in the form of Elrod the Albino.

* The original [[Shazam|Captain Marvel]] from Fawcett (and now owned by DC) was explicitly modeled on [[My Three Sons|Fred MacMurray]].

 

* ''[[Heathers]]'': [[Christian Slater]] spends the entire film doing a creditable impression of [[Jack Nicholson]].<ref>One explanation may be it was inspired by ''[[The Witches of Eastwick]]'', starring Jack Nicholson.</ref>

* The maggot companion of the ''[[Corpse Bride]]'' is a dead ringer for [[Peter Lorre]].

* In ''Any Given Sunday'', John C. McGinley plays outspoken sports personality Jack Rose, a take on real-life outspoken sports personality Jim Rome.

** Just about everything in that movie was a case of this trope. The Miami Dolphins versus the Dallas Cowboys? No, instead we have the Miami ''Sharks'' versus the Dallas ''Knights''.

* The two [[Musical Assassin]]s in ''[[Kung Fu Hustle]]'' bear more than a passing resemblance to [[The Blues Brothers]]. When told that they are the greatest assassins around, they reply, "Technically, we're just musicians."

* The 1980s vampire movie ''[[Fright Night]]'' has a character who is an actor/horror show host (played by Roddy McDowell). His character's name on the horror show ''Fright Night'' is Peter Vincent - a homage to [[Peter Cushing]] and [[Vincent Price]].

* In a rare live-action example, most of the humor if not the entire premise of ''[[Galaxy Quest]]'' is lost if you don't realize that Tim Allen is [[William Shatner]] (although really, the entire cast qualifies).

* ''Shrek'': The villain from the first movie, Lord Farquaad, is widely rumoured to be modelled on Disney's then-CEO Michael Eisner, as a [[Take That]] on the part of the film's executive producer (and former Disney executive) Jeffrey Katzenberg.

* The [[Invisible President]] whose broadcast address interrupts the special in ''[[The Wizard of Speed and Time (film)|The Wizard of Speed and Time]]'' is of course never seen, but sounds a ''whole'' lot like [[Ronald Reagan]].

 

* ''[[The Devil Wears Prada]]'': The character of Miranda Priestley, editor of Runway magazine, is ''Vogue'' editor Anna Wintour with a different name and a scarf instead of sunglasses. In the [[The Film of the Book|film adaptation]], the character of Miranda was softened to make her "more realistic", but the decor of her office was still based on that of Wintour.

* ''[[Destroyer]]'': Roxanne Roug-Elephante is Roseanne Barr.

* Charles Bukowski's ''Hollywood'' is full of these, ranging from the relatively subtle and well-disguised (Dennis Hopper becomes Mack Austin, [[David Lynch]] is Manz Loeb, Mickey Rourke gets rebranded as Jack Blesdoe) to the ludicrously blunt (Jack Kerouac as Mack Derouac anyone? Welsh, Vegas-based singer Tab Jones, perhaps? No? Perhaps you'd prefer Francis Ford Lopolla?).

* ''[[Doctor Who]]''

* ''Step on a Crack'' includes analogues of at least Oprah Winfrey (who exists in the book) and [[Britney Spears]] - the latter turns up to a funeral in a mini-skirt and in an attempt to distract a hostage-taker offers him sex, leading to the comment:

{{quote|"Wow, you're even dirtier than your videos!"}}

** "You Don't Have To Be Mad..." features a [[Bedlam House]] where inmates are taught to focus their insanity in specific ways, the [[Big Bad]] believing that madness will be a way of life in [[The Eighties]], and his patients will be the leaders. In the asylum they're known by nicknames based on their real names and their particular insanities, including the sociopathic Mrs Empty (M.T. - [[Margaret Thatcher]]); the egomaniac Rumour (Ru-Mur - [[Rupert Murdoch]]) and the quiet killer Peace (P.S. - Peter Sutcliffe).

** "The Serial Murders" parodies the concept with thinly disguised versions of celebrities appearing in a [[Soap Within a Show|soap opera]] that is actually a voodoo ritual. When the soap kills the characters, the celebrities ''are'' harmed.

* Victorian novelists with Oxford connections were fascinated by the unhappy relationship between Mark Pattison, the Rector of Lincoln College, and his [[May–December Romance|much younger wife]], Emilia Francis Strong. Characters based on Pattison crop up in bestsellers like Rhoda Broughton's ''Belinda'', Mrs. Humphry Ward's ''Robert Elsmere,'' and (probably) George Eliot's ''[[Middlemarch]].''

 

* ''[[Father Ted]]'':

** Several one-episode characters are based on real Irish celebrities: BBC TV host Henry Sellars (based on Terry Wogan), sickly sweet balladeer Eoin McLove (Daniel O'Donnell), militant feminist anti-Catholic singer Niamh Connolly (Sinéad O'Connor) and the terrifying Bishop Brennan (Bishop Éamon Casey) -- both bishops having a secret son.

** Henry Sellars is informed by the lesser-known Henry Kelly of Going for Gold fame.

* ''[[iCarly]]'': ''iFix a Popstar'' with Ginger Fox, who is a rather obvious parody of [[Britney Spears]].

** ''iCook'' has Ricky Flame, a parody of Bobby Flay.

*** Which makes a whole lot of sense considering the last episode aired in 2006.

** Several other celebrities/politicians are given analogues in the ''West Wing'' universe; the list is probably too extensive to bother enumerating in detail. However, Josh Lyman more or less being [[Jerkass Stu|Rahm]] [[Memetic Badass/Real Life|Emanuel]] is worth mentioning.

* ''[[Beetleborgs]]'' has Flabber the phasm who, according to the producers, was based on [[Elvis Presley]] but to some resembled ''[[The Tonight Show]]'' host Jay Leno, but has the mannerisms of [[Jim Carrey]].

** In one episode of ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'', a picture of Flabber was sent to Leno during the Monday headlines segment. It got laughs from the audience, but Leno was not too pleased.

** Larry King has appeared on ''SVU'' and ''Criminal Intent''. Talk show host “Barry Bishop” has appeared on the original show.

*** There was that one guy in ''SVU'', an eccentric billionaire toymaker, whose behavior resembles that of [[Michael Jackson]].

* On ''[[Shake It Up]]'' in the episode "Age It Up", the 16-year-old pop sensation Justin Starr is an obvious [[Expy]] of [[Justin Bieber]].

** Another [[Disney Channel]] show, ''[[Kickin It]]'', has Ricky Weaver who a more obvious parody of Bieber. He also probably counts as a [[Take That]] to Justin Bieber, since he turns out to secretly be a jerk.

* In the TV mini-series ''[[Black Mirror (TV series)|Black Mirror]]'' the first episode features a Royal Princess getting kidnapped. Depending on who you ask it's either Princess Diana or Kate Middleton.

* ''[[Castle]]'' has a couple of examples, the most blatant being in "Pretty Dead" with a rich beauty pageant organizer with a comb over that looks suspiciously like [[Donald Trump]].

* ''[[Sesame Street]]'' has famous actress Meryl Sheep, country'n'western singers Polly Darton and Hammy Swynette, game show host Pat Playjacks, opera singer Placido Flamingo, Grouch business tycoon Donald Grump (or Ronald Grump, proposing to tear down Sesame Street to build a Grump Tower), and many more.

** Sesame's ''Monsterpiece Theatre'' sketches are a fairly-obvious parody of [[PBS]] ''Masterpiece'' (''Masterpiece Theatre'') and its announcers.

* ''[[Thunderbirds]]'' did this frequently. Its small cast of voice artists would use celebrity impressions to fill out the supporting cast roster. Additionally, many of the main cast puppets were loosely modeled on contemporary ('60s) actors. Scott Tracy was modeled on [[Sean Connery]], Jeff Tracy on Lorne Greene.

* Troy Tempest of ''[[Stingray (1964 TV series)|Stingray]]'': Gerry Anderson wanted him to look a bit like American actor James Garner, who he got was a puppet that looked a ''lot'' like James Garner.

* [[Norm MacDonald]]'s title character in the short-lived ''A Minute with Stan Hooper'' is an obvious expy of [[60 Minutes|Andy Rooney]].

* On ''[[Jessie]]'', the Ross family is a clear parody of [[Brad Pitt]] and [[Angelina Jolie]]'s family. The Rosses have 3 adopted children, two of which are adopted from foreign countries and one biological one. All they need is biological twins.

** Although the lady herself says Taylor's "[https://twitter.com/haydenpanettier/status/205413220096294912 a little nicer]"...

 

* This is the bread and butter of many [[Filk Song|Filk/Dementia]] artists, including [[The Great Luke Ski]].

* The [[Animated Music Video]] to [[Disturbed]]'s "[[Genesis (band)|Land of Confusion]]" cover features a (possible) Zakk Wylde look-alike, amongst others. Could be a reference to the original video, which featured multiple celebrity puppets.

* The classic 1962 novelty hit [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRLML36HnzU "The Monster Mash"] was performed by Bobby Pickett in an obvious [[Boris Karloff]] imitation.

* [[Jon Lajoie]]'s WTF Collective 1 and 2 have this. MC Fatigue is Sean Paul, MC Final Verse is 50 Cent, MC Confusing is probably [[Lil Wayne]], MC Inappropriate Rhymes is probably [[Kanye West]], and the Chorus Guy is supposed to represent how rap songs will have some random non-rapper sing the chorus.

* Beatallica (a satirical band performing mashups of [[The Beatles]] and [[Metallica]]) already has a singer who does a dead-on James Hetfield... and they fall straight on this in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fLYlYdmP3c "And I'm Evil"], featuring a [[The Misfits|Glenn]] [[Danzig]] soundalike. ("Am I Evil" was not by one of Danzig's bands, [[Rule of Funny|but...]])

 

* ''[[Pogo (comic strip)|Pogo]]'' : Many of the [[Funny Animal]] characters are obvious caricatures of politicians, e.g. Simple J. Malarkey = Sen. Joseph McCarthy. (This was heavily Lampshaded in the ''[[Mad Magazine|MAD]]'' parody "Gopo Gossum.")

* ''[[Doonesbury]]'' loves this. Particularly Uncle Duke, who is just [[Hunter S. Thompson]]. Lampshaded when Duke reads that [[Hunter S. Thompson]] has committed suicide and his head explodes, repeatedly. He's got no idea why.

* ''[[Bloom County]]'' had a story arc about the cast hosting a concert. While most of the musicians were real-life people and bands ([[Van Halen]], [[The Police]], [[Culture Club]], etc.), there was also "Tess Turbo and the Blackheads", an obvious take on "[[Joan Jett]] and the Blackhearts"

 

* The [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWF]]'s "Billonaire Ted's Wrasslin' Warroom" sketches from the mid-90's, featuring "[[Hulk Hogan|The Huckster]]" and the "[[Randy Savage|Nacho Man]]".

* [[WCW]] had Oklahoma, which was a cruel imitation of [[Jim Ross]] after his Bell's Palsy attack. [[Dude, Not Funny|Naturally, everyone found it in bad taste and it was quickly scrapped.]]

** Many fans started speculating that the CM stood for Charles Manson. And when he was a commentator, he actually wore a Charles Manson t-shirt.

 

* Adam Armstrong, the Prime Minister in the first three seasons of [[The BBC]] ''Afternoon Play'' strand ''Number Ten'', was a New Labourite with elements of both [[Tony Blair]] and [[Gordon Brown]]. After stepping down, he is replaced in the 2010 season by Simon Laitey, [[David Cameron|the Eton-educated leader of a Conservative Party in coalition with the Lib Dems]].

* Comedy duo [[Hudson and Landry]] had a few skits with impressions of celebrities, like [[Marx Brothers|Groucho Marx]] and W.C. Fields.

* Cecilia Pollard, who appears in the [[Big Finish]] Gallifrey audio drama ''A Blind Eye'', is pretty clearly Unity Mitford.

 

* Averted with Gary Coleman in ''[[Avenue Q]]'', who doesn't even get the thin disguise, though the [[Muppet]]s from ''[[Sesame Street]]'' do.

* The 1950 musical ''Call Me Madam'' starred Ethel Merman as Mrs. Sally Adams, America's ambassador to the small [[Ruritania]]n country of Lichtenburg (famous for its cheese); this was roughly based on Perle Mesta, President Truman's ambassador to Luxembourg. The original program disclaimed that "neither the character of Mrs. Sally Adams nor Miss Ethel Merman resemble[s] any person living or dead," and also played with [[No Communities Were Harmed]] by referring to Lichtenburg and the United States of America as "two mythical countries."

* In Arthur Miller's play ''[[After the Fall]]'', Maggie has a highly suspicious resemblance to the author's late ex-wife, [[Marilyn Monroe]].

 

* Lazarus, a foul-mouthed, boisterous radio host in ''[[Deus Ex: Human Revolution]]'' that deals with conspiracy theories, and serves as a [[Greek Chorus]] of sorts along with Eliza, is inspired [https://web.archive.org/web/20120806172707/http://eidosmontreal.tumblr.com/post/16011525094/was-the-radio-guy-talking-about-the-bilderbergs mostly by Alex Jones, but by other personalities, such as Jim Rome and a fictional radio host from the movie Eight-Legged Freaks.]

* The ''[[Sly Cooper]]'' games had Carmelita Fox whose design is based on [[Salma Hayek]]. In ''[[Sly 2: Band of Thieves]]'', her voice deeply resembles [[Jessica Alba]], another Latina sex symbol and actress.

** If Raphael from ''[[Soul Series|Soulcalibur II]]'' and ''III'' doesn't look like [[David Bowie]], I don't know who the hell does (Mr. Bowie excluded). It's been way toned down in ''SCIV'', though, in part because Raphael is now much buffer.

* El Blaze from ''[[Virtua Fighter]]'' greatly resembles WWE [[Professional Wrestling|professional wrestler]] Rey Mysterio.

** Actually, Bass Armstrong is modeled after Stan "The Lariat" Hansen (as was "Macho" Mike Haggar from ''[[Final Fight]]'' and ''[[Saturday Night Slam Masters]]''; in fact, many Japanese-made wrestling game main characters that people confused for Hogan analogues were actually based off of Hansen) and made to look like [[Hulk Hogan]] (mostly the nWo version). This makes things even MORE confusing when Bass's daughter Tina ends up resembling Hogan's (decidedly NON-wrestling) daughter Brooke.

** There is also Zack who is clearly based on Dennis Rodman

** Courtney Gears from the same game is a robotic stand-in for [[Britney Spears]], who sings songs about [[Kill All Humans|killing all humans]] to a [[Lyrical Dissonance|catchy pop beat]].

* The Radical Entertainment games in the ''[[Crash Bandicoot]]'' series does this a lot: Crunch Bandicoot is [[Mr. T]], Doctor N. Gin is [[Peter Lorre]] (although it can be argued he was based on Lorre to begin with), Tiny Tiger is Mike Tyson, the Ratnicians are an army of Jerry Lewises, Chick Gizzard Lips is Howard Cosell and some of the Park Drones consist of Andrew Dice Clay, [[Boris Karloff]], W.C. Fields, and Charlton Heston.

** Johnny is even moreso based off of [[Nicolas Cage]]. His profile in earlier games bore the likeness of Mr. Cage and Johnny's real name is even Jonathan Carlton (similar to how the other Cage's real name is Nicolas Coppola).

** Also, the makers of ''[[Mortal Kombat 2]]'' had once considered adding another female kombatant who was based on kickboxing champion Kathy Long, but she ended up not making the final cut.

* The DS remakes of the ''[[Dragon Quest]]'' games featured new character artwork. Alena, rechristened a "Tsarevna" (Russian princess), and coming from a [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]] Russia, bears a striking resemblance to Tsarevna Anastasia Romanov. {{spoiler|Considering what happens to her father's kingdom, it's rather appropriate.}}

* Konami's 1991 arcade game ''[[Vendetta]]'' is possibly the only beat-em-up in which you can fight crime as <s>Mike Tyson</s> Blood, <s>Hulk Hogan</s> Hawk, <s>Jean Claude Van Damme</s> Boomer or even <s>Mr.T</s> Sledge.

* Flynn, the protagonist of forgettable first-person-shooter ''Devastation'', looks much like [[Eminem]].

* Apart from the "Bruce Lee as Marshall Law" example above, ''[[Tekken]]'' series have more not-celebrities: Raven is based on Wesley Snipes (in a weird mash-up of his ''[[Demolition Man]]'' and ''[[Blade]]'' movie personas), Craig Marduk is the actor/wrestler Nathan Jones and Lei Wulong is [[Jackie Chan]], to name just a few.

** In addition to those, we also have [[Paris Hilton|Haris Pilton]] (pictured), Ricole Nichie, and even ''[[Chuck Norris]]'' (pending as of November 2011 though).

* The fighting game ''Battle K-Road'' is a rather blatant example, featuring <s>[[Sylvester Stallone]]</s>Wolf alongside <s>[[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]</s>[[The Terminator|T-8P]] (who also has a [[Palette Swap|HeadSwap]] in the form of <s>[[The Terminator]]</s>D-9P).

* ''[[Watch Dogs]] 2'''s main antagonist is a politician running for congress with transparently [[Donald Trump]] based slogans and apparently working with or for the local [[MegaCorp]] to rig the election... of a real, uncontested, congressional district where non-Democrat candidates '''combined''' get 9% of the vote.

* In ''[[Devil May Cry]]'', demonic newsman Bob Barbas and the Raptor News Network are intended as caricatures of [[Bill O Reilly]] and [[Fox News]], respectively. Bob even uses O'Reilly's notorious [[Catch Phrase]] during the [[Boss Battle]], ''"we'll do it live!".''

 

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120624145417/http://chugworth.com/?strip_id=86 Vance Petrol] of ''Chugworth Academy'' is a thinly veiled Vin Diesel.

* The titular character of ''[[King of the Unknown]]'' is clearly Elvis, though he is never named as such. Ever since a supernatural mishap transformed him (into a fat slob) and forced him to [[Elvis Lives|fake his death]], "the King" dedicated his new secret life to kicking supernatural ass for a [[The Men in Black]]-like [[Government Agency of Fiction]] known as the IRSU. Agent H, King's [[Mission Control]] at IRSU, is a similarly veiled and still-living [[Jimi Hendrix]]. Aside from the broad strokes, many small details are culled from the rock stars' lives to create these just-barely veiled versions.

* In ''[[Fafnir the Dragon]]'',this trope only comes into play for fictional characters. Everyone else is presented as-is.

 

* ''[[The Nostalgia Chick]]'': The Chick does a dead-on parody of [[Sarah Palin]] when she is the vice president to [[The Nostalgia Critic]]'s president of ''[[Kickassia]]''. [[Klingon Promotion|She also tries to kill him to get his job.]]

* ''[[Bowser's Kingdom]]'': The Shy Guys are imitations of [[Christopher Walken]].

** For that matter, the Vindicators are an incompetent team parodying The Avengers: Kismet is a pushy, cranky Scarlet Witch in green; Lemure is a sullen Vision; Sizemax is an easily steamrollered Giantman; Donner is a dopey Thor; Dynamaxx is a horndog Iron Man; and Cerebrex is a crazed, incompetent Captain America.

 

* ''[[The Critic]]'': The [[Trope Namer]]. Jay's boss and network honcho Duke Phillips is a parody of Ted Turner. Jay himself is a pastiche of Gene Siskel and [[Roger Ebert]] (who [[Ink Suit Actor|played themselves]] in one episode). Also, his buddy Jeremy Hawke is said to be a combination of Paul Hogan and [[Mel Gibson]].

* ''[[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' has Wes Weasely, an [[Honest John's Dealership|Honest John]] who shares [[The Phil Silvers Show|Phil Silvers]]' voice, clothes, and glasses.

*** The Robert DeNiro pigeon also had elements of his character from ''[[Taxi Driver]]'' ("Are you talkin' to me?")

*** The series also contained many other references to the works of Brando, Deniro, and Pesci, as well as numerous other gangster movies.

** In one episode of the series, the Warners push the buttons of a scowling television journalist named "Dan Anchorman," who bears a striking resemblance to ABC's Sam Donaldson. Dan is eventually pushed into a television set and forced to fight a blond professional wrestler named "Bulk Logan." Yeah, I don't think that one needs any explanation.

*** The Donaldson connection was made even more explicit by the character's name in the original script: Slam Fondlesome. Because of [[Executive Meddling]] over that supposedly risque name, they had to go back, change the name, and redub some of the dialogue.

** Radio is Jon Lovitz doing Walter Winchell, down to his [[Catch Phrase]] signoff.

* ''[[Swat Kats]]'' has David Litterbin- an obvious play on [[David Letterman]].

** In one episode there's an entertainer named Burt Rivendale who is clearly based on David Letterman even resembling him right down to the gap tooth.

* [[De Patie Freleng]] Enterprises' ''[[The Ant and the Aardvark]]'' cartoons featured John Byner voicing both of the title characters, using voices based on Dean Martin and Jackie Mason, respectively.

* ''[[Biker Mice From Mars]]'' has quite a few. The original series had Evil Eye Weevil who is a skeleton-like thing (he's a parody of [[Elvis Presley]] and Evil Knievel) and The X-Terminator who is a parody of [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], Lawrence Limburger has a sister who is named after Latoya Jackson (one of [[Michael Jackson]]'s siblings) and the "Loogie Brothers" who are based off two characters played by Dana Carvey and Keaven Nealon on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''. The 2006 revival has a villain named Ronaldo Rump who is a parody of multimillionaire Donald Trump (including the toupee and the multimillion dollar building franchise), he has a British cousin named Sir Richard Brand Something (a parody of Virgin Group company owner Sir Richard Branson). There's also a character that bares a resemblance to Rodney Dangerfield. Doctor Catorkian sounds suspiciously like [[Boris Karloff]].

* ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'' has had a few villains that parody famous characters, such as "Toiletnator" (Terminator), "Tony Clownarelli also known as Godclown" ([[Marlon Brando]] as [[The Godfather]]), "Count Spankulot" ([[Dracula]]). [[Big Bad|Father's]] voice was patterned after Kirk Douglas.

* ''[[Animalympics]]'' had this for the various news commentators and a few athletes. Henry Hummel borrows mannerisms from Henry Kissinger, Barbara Warbler is rather obviously Barbara Walters, and Lodge Turkell is Howard Cosell. On the side of the athletes, Bolt Jenkins is reminiscent of John Travolta's character from ''[[Saturday Night Fever]]'', and Joey Gongalong is obviously Muhammad Ali as a [[Boxing Kangaroo]].

* An episode of ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]'' featured a scientist character who looked and sounded exactly like Jimmy Stewart.

* One episode of ''[[Dinosaurs]]'' featured [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Edward_R._Hero Edward R. Hero], a pastiche of real-life journalist Edward R. Murrow, as a commentator in a political election between two horrible candidates. {{spoiler|In the end, the voters get fed up with both candidates and elect Edward by a landslide.}}

* ''[[Jem]]!'' was affected by this trope as well. All guest musicians in the "The Jam Jem" were based on real 1980s personalities.

* The ''[[American Dragon: Jake Long]]'' version of Santa Claus kind of sounds like Rodney Dangerfield.

* An episode of ''[[The Proud Family]]'' featured an ''[[American Idol]]''-type talent show where hopefuls audition to be the next star. The so-called "Real Randy Jackson" character of the three judges is a lot similar to 1980s Michael Jackson, and Perchival (voiced by [[Tim Curry]]) is a similar to Simon Cowell.

* ''[[Ren and Stimpy]]''

** Ren is based on Peter Lorre. Yes, Lorre again. Krisfaluci has gone on record as saying Ren is the unholy lovechild of Lorre and Kirk Douglas. And a little Burl Ives. Ironically, Burl Ives also gets a treatment, as "Stinky Wizzleteats," the singer of Stimpy's favorite song, "Happy Happy, Joy Joy." It's said that Ives was offended... not at the parody, but that Krikfalusi and company hadn't invited him to voice the role himself, allowing him to take a sledgehammer to the "beloved childrens' entertainer" persona he had built up—in [[Real Life]], Ives hated children.

** Colonel Horace Gentleman is basically [[Sean Connery]] with a dash of William S. Burroughs thrown in.

** Dr. Orpheus is a rather obvious caricature of [[Vincent Price]], which fits with his also being an [[Expy]] of [[Doctor Strange]] (see comic book folder).

* ''[[6teen]]'' features a certain Mall Cop who may just have a strong need for more cowbell.

* ''[[Totally Spies!]]'' was particularly bad with this. In fact, one episode centered around a number of knockoffs of [[Bill Gates]], [[Oprah Winfrey]], [[Britney Spears]], etc., and the villain was Milan Stilton.

* In the ''[[Wonder Pets]]'' they sometimes have this, in one episode they save a group of musical insects known as The Beetles (who are bug versions of Paul, John, George and Ringo), and in another one they meet up with the Rat Pack which are three rats named Sammy (Sammy Davis Jr), Blue Eyes ([[Frank Sinatra]]) and Dino (Dean Martin). And in "The Wonderpets Save the Hound Dog," they save a baby hound dog whose father is a dog version of Elvis Presley, who wears a pair of velvet booties and loves peanut butter and banana sandwiches.

* The ''[[Gummi Bears]]'' episode "For a Few Sovereigns More" had Duke Igthorn hire bounty hunter Flint Shrubwood to hunt down the eponymous bears. He also looks and behaves just like [[Clint Eastwood|Clint's]] Man With No Name.

* An episode of ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures]]'' has a [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] substitute. The same episode indicated that Jackie Chan [[Celebrity Paradox|is not known as an actor]] in this universe. Conversely, Uncle and Tohru are fans of [[John Wayne]].

* The only character in ''[[Metalocalypse]]'' that is admittedly [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXn6vkxs9D8/SfnfFd7v_5I/AAAAAAAAA04/RUjHMOtR1fM/s400/aa.jpg based after a celebrity] is Nathan Explosion, based after George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher. One troper still believes he bears a closer resemblance to [http://tweetybebelino.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/peter-steele-totally-looks-like-nathan-explosion.jpg Peter Steele]{{Dead link}}. Also, though it's denied, Murderface looks a lot like [http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2008/12/23/128745717842010642.jpg Geezer Butler].

* ''[[South Park]]'' loves averting this trope, one of their defining characteristics is their parodying of celebrities by name. To the point where the 200th episode involves {{spoiler|every celebrity they've pastiched suing the makers of South Park}}.

* On Disney's ''[[The Schnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show]]'', the Polite Coyotes (''Tex Tinstar'' segment) were patterned after the Beatles.

* On ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'', Samy's [[Companion Cube]] puppet Humphrey von Sidekick has a voice patterned after Bing Crosby.

* Taz's dad in ''[[Taz-Mania]]'' was blatantly based on Bing Crosby right down to the nice glass of Ooooooo.J.

** And his brother Drew is Bob Hope, leading to several ''Road To...'' parodies.

* Mr. Bone from ''[[Doug]]'' had a voice that was very close to that of Barney Fife from ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'', as well as Fife's blind obsession with following rules, [[Obstructive Bureaucrat|no matter how trivial]].

* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'' has several examples:

** The super manly tennis player pony seen during "Call of the Cutie" and "Luna Eclipsed" seems to be based on former Tennis player Andre Kirk Agassi during his prime.

* Lampshaded by Elon Tusk in ''[[Rick and Morty]]''; by his own admission, he's not all-that different from Elon Musk. [[Meaningful Name| Except that he has tusks.]] Helps that [[Ink Suit Actor| his VA actually ''is'' Elon Musk.]]

* ''[[Harley Quinn (TV series)|Harley Quinn]]''; Clayface is practically channeling [[William Shatner]] in this version.

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