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* 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]].
* 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.
* 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!''"
== Examples from Real Life ==
* The entire cast of the original ''[[Star Trek: The
** Most have come to accept it with some degree of dignity; witness [[Leonard Nimoy]]'s later book, ''[[I Am Spock]]'' (though it should be noted that was written partly to counter the [[Common Knowledge|mis]][[Fan Dumb|conception]] that he hated the character, rather than just being annoyed by the association). When Nimoy attempted a recording career, his albums tended to feature at least a few songs essentially sung (or spoken) as Spock, such as "Highly Illogical."
** [[William Shatner]] has managed to escape this by now, if only by being typecast instead [[Adam Westing|as a caricature of himself]], of which Kirk is just one example among many.
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*** [[Patrick Stewart]] could not escape from being Picard... until he became [[X-Men (film)|Professor Xavier]].
*** Roxann Briggs-Dawson (B'Elanna Torres) looks very strange without her Klingon forehead. She has tried to avoid this by quitting acting in favor of (TV) directing. Same with Robert Duncan McNeill (a producer on [[Chuck]]), [[Jonathan Frakes]], LeVar Burton...
*** LeVar Burton has [[Zig Zagged Trope|zig-zagged around this trope]], since he's also famous for starring in ''[[Roots]]'' and hosting ''[[Reading Rainbow]]''. In fact, when TNG first premiered, ''he'' was the biggest name in the cast (in the United States; in Britain, veteran Shakespearean actor Stewart was better known). He at least accepted his role fairly well and inserted his character into an episode of ''[[Star Trek:
*** Those who don't think of Will Riker when they see Jonathon Frakes probably think of [[Gargoyles|David Xanatos]] when they hear him.
** John De Lancie is having a hard time escaping his association with the iconic Q. It doesn't help that he recently{{when}} voice acted a Q [[Expy]] named Discord in ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]''.
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*** Jason Alexander has actually said he is thankful for ''Seinfeld'' typecasting him; before, he was known as the '[[Pretty Woman|Guy who tried to rape]] [[Julia Roberts]].'
*** Also Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who has found success as [[The New Adventures of Old Christine|Old Christine]] and [[Arrested Development (TV series)|Maggie Lizer]].
*** The "[[Phrase Catcher|Hello Newman]]" thing has haunted Wayne Knight throughout his career. One time after a series of not so fortunate events happened, someone went up to him and said that very line to him; he apparently got mad and punched the guy. Although Newman is known to [[JFK (film)|play]] [[Toy Story (franchise)||other]] [[Jurassic Park|fat]] [[Torchwood: Miracle Day|bastards]].
* Paul Zaloom, political puppeteer, is quite fondly remembered as [[Beakman's World|Beakman]]. Woe be to any parent who brings their kids to his ''very'' adult-themed puppet shows.
* A less extreme example: It would seem that Richard Dean Anderson could not quite shake his old role in ''[[MacGyver]]'' in the early days of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]''. In one episode, Amanda Tapping played a prank on him by going off script and began yelling at him for being unable to find a way out of the mess they were in, pointing out that MacGyver would have been able to do it easily.
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* Ron Livingston will always be "that guy from ''[[Office Space]]''". He even said in an interview once that he had trouble getting another acting job for several years after that movie because producers thought he wouldn't be able to act differently than that character.
* Perhaps not for the public at large, but for nerds on the internet, "starring [[Samuel L. Jackson]]" actually means "starring [[Pulp Fiction|Jules Winfield]]". This was the entire reason why the line "Enough is enough! I've had it with these motherfuckin' snakes on this motherfuckin' plane!" [[Ascended Meme|was inserted into]] ''[[Snakes on a Plane]]''.
* Though he is slowly but surely edging away from the association because of ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'', [[John Cho]] is still known by many as [[Harold
** His character Harold Lee is based on a real-life Harold Lee, who was a friend of the writers. John Cho became friends with the real Harold Lee, and has said that when they're hanging out in public, someone will yell "Harold!" and they'll both turn around.
** [[John Cho]] has also stated in interviews that before he was known as "Harold," people would recognize him from ''[[American Pie]]'' and shout "MILF!" He regarded it as an upgrade to be known by an actual name as opposed to a catch phrase. But John may turn it around, ironically, as the second Mr. Sulu in the new ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'' continuity, a role that is still forever associated with [[George Takei]].
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** Which is a huge shame as he was excellent in ''Saved''.
** He was also pretty good in ''[[Kings]]''.
** He even tried early to shake the association by playing the evil-as-all-hell cousin in ''[[The Good Son]]''. Then he did ''Getting Even With Dad'', ''The Pagemaster'', and ''[[Richie Rich (comics)|Richie Rich]]'', and the typecasting was solidified.
** It's worth noting that Culkin himself wasn't too sad about his career hitting the skids when he was a kid. His father was an infamous [[Jerkass]] [[Stage Mom|Stage Dad]], but Culkin just wanted to enjoy being a normal kid during what was left of his childhood.
* [[Michael Sheen]] will probably have to do a lot to avoid being seen as Tony Blair, considering he's played the former Prime Minister three times.
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* Ricardo Montalban will always be remembered for [[Fantasy Island|wearing a white suit and waiting for "ze plane"]] or as [[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan|KHAAAAAAAAAN]].
** Or for his Chrysler's reeeeech Corinthian leather.
* Rowan Atkinson will always be [[Mr. Bean]] in the US, despite an amazing career as the title character in ''[[Blackadder]]'' and a variety of other film and stage roles.
It's the same in Germany. Everyone knows [[Mr. Bean]], but almost nobody knows Rowan Atkinson. It's only the select few that knew ''[[Blackadder]]'' before ''[[Mr. Bean]]'' came out who know he did other work.
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* Heinz Schubert, star of the German cult sitcom ''[[Ein Herz und eine Seele]]'', could never escape his role as "Ekel Alfred" (Alfred, the jerk), despite having a varied and critically acclaimed career.
* Tommy Piper, German voice of ''[[ALF]]'', will always be ALF to German viewers, no matter what role he plays. He was highly popular while the show ran (probably one of the most famous voice actors Germany has produced) but his career took a serious jump after ALF concluded, as people didn't accept him in any other role, especially not a serious one.
* [[Gethin Jones]] has recently become solely associated with [[Strictly Come Dancing]] to many people. They forget he was [[An Aesop|promoting driving safety]] in [[Police, Camera, Action!]], and doing various other shows!
* Alfonso Ribeiro will always be [[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air|Carlton Banks]]. Even on [[Catch 21]] it's referenced.
* [[NCIS|Pauley Perrette]] has stated that she was once called Abby by her DAD.
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