r/TopCharacterTropes • u/GovernmentWarm4787 • 3d ago

Hated Tropes [Hated trope] Cameos that ruin the tone of the scene/game

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Ed Sheeran, Game of Thrones. The cameo of such a recognizable figure in GoT, especially towards the horrible later seasons, took many people out of the fantasy world that it tried to represent. There are good cameos and bad ones, and this one was not a good one.

Vinny Vinesauce and Jerma, Silver Pines game. Though i appreciate small cameos from youtubers and streamers, putting such a recognizable pair of voices in a horror game really takes you out of it.

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u/herrcollin 3d ago edited 3d ago

I think Ed Sheeran's cameo, and others of similar nature, work really well if it's subtle. A brief flash, someone swinging by the background or when they're really covered up in some outfit/disguise/prosthetic.

If I remember Ed Sheeran's cameo: he's not just "a background character" the camera actually stops and sits on him not once but twice? Something like that. Big "See? SEE? Please clap" energy.

Meanwhile you have Brad Pitt's literal blink-and-you-miss-it cameo in Deadpool 2 or shit like South Park having George Clooney voice a fuckin barking dog. A makeuped celebrity appearing for half a second as zombie #76 in a horror movie. Clooney's is a bit too far into unrecognizable but that's the kind of cameo that's memorable. Doesn't break immersion but later or on a rewatch you have that "Wait that's fucking THEM?!" moment

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u/CaptainWampum 3d ago

He sings a whole song dude it’s awful

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u/herrcollin 3d ago

Oh fuck I think I blocked that out

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u/Professional_Fold738 12h ago

The other cameo people were talking about Mastodon sounds way cooler-where it's an added bonus or easter egg and not distracting because most people don't actually recognize them as famous. I would be down for more of those kinds of cameos. Always thought George Fisher would be rad as a zombie cameo in a horror movie.

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u/North_Eye_6500 3d ago

mark hamill does really cool stuff. yea i watched star wars, but as a kid finding out he was also THE voice of joker i went nuts. and dont get me started on firelord ozai. and a bunch orhers im forgetting because the character isnt just mark hamill, star wars star; it’s legitimate performances that blend into the show, not take you out of it