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* ''[[Piranha 3D]]'' has, among its cast of characters, a sleazy producer of ''Girls Gone Wild''-esque videos, as well as a pair of porn stars who are shooting his latest video. [[Red Shirt|None of them make it to the end of the film.]]
** The sequel has [[David Hasselhoff]] as a [[Jerkass]] [[Adam Westing|version of himself]] at the opening of a waterpark. When someone asks him for help during the piranha attack, he remarks that "that's what natural selection's all about".
* Parodied in ''[[Hatchet (Film)|Hatchet]]''. Doug ''pretends'' that he's a famous porn producer, {{spoiler|but is actually a marketing manager who posed as one simply to build his own private porn collection}}. Jenna also [[Small Name, Big Ego|imagines herself]] to be a legitimate actress, despite the fact that she's doing sleazy softcore porn for Doug.
* Two of the survivors at the end of ''[[Mars Attacks (Film)|Mars Attacks!]]'' are a former World Heavyweight Champion boxer... and Tom Jones. The latter case is particularly ironic, since up to that point the film had [[Kill
* In ''[[Scary Movie]] 4'', rapper Chingy is one of the many people abducted by the aliens. Since this is ''[[Rule of Funny|Scary Movie 4]]'', naturally he gets his own VIP section in the holding area, complete with alcohol and women.
* To a certain extent, Robert Neville from ''[[I Am Legend]]''. He is shown on the cover of TIME magazine in his home.
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* ''[[Dead Rising]] 2'', being set in a glitzy [[Viva Las Vegas|Las Vegas]] [[No Communities Were Harmed|analogue]], naturally features a bunch of these.
** Chuck Greene, the protagonist, is a former motocross champ turned contestant on the zombie-killing reality game show ''Terror is Reality''. In the ''Case: Zero'' prequel, one of the survivors recognizes Chuck and finds it awesome to be in his presence and getting rescued by him.
** Tyrone "TK" King, the Don King-esque host of ''Terror is Reality'' {{spoiler|and the <s>[[Big Bad]]</s> [[Dragon
** Bibi Love, a [[One Hit Wonder]] [[Idol Singer|pop star]] who was planning her big comeback tour, which was interrupted by zombies. She goes crazy and kidnaps a bunch of guests.
** Luz Palmer, a professional golfer.
** Reed and Roger, two stage magicians who are equal parts [[
** Angel Lust, a rock band that throws a concert right in the middle of the zombie-infested Fortune City Strip, and wipes out a whole crowd of zombies with [[The Power of Rock]].
* Several characters in the ''[[Bio Shock]]'' series, such as singer Grace Holloway, artist Sander Cohen, stage magician Suresh Sheti, football star Danny Wilkins, and actress Blanche de Glace. Some of them were famous before coming to Rapture, while others became celebrities after moving there. Rapture was set up in part as a place of refuge from censorship of the arts, so it's not surprising why there are a whole bunch of celebrities living down there.
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== [[Real Life]] ==
* After the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, supermodel Petra Nemcova spent eight hours stuck in a tree.
* Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, carrying the Old Christians Club rugby team from Montevideo, crashed in the Andes in 1972 on their way to Chile. The survivors spent 72 days in the Andean wilderness, and eventually had to resort to [[No Party Like a Donner Party|cannibalism to survive]]. Their experience [[Based
* The ''only'' two survivors of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_South_Carolina_Learjet_60_crash 2008 Learjet crash in South Carolina] were [[Blink 182]] drummer Travis Barker and celebrity DJ Adam "DJ AM" Goldman.
* Fats Domino was rescued by the Coast Guard after being stranded in New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina.
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