Tropescilloscope: Actor Allusion

A reference to an actor's previous role. (read more at tvtropes.org)

More Tropes Hell Is That Noise Facial Horror Ambiguously Gay Malevolent Masked Men An Arm and a Leg Fourth Date Marriage Better to Die than Be Killed Suspiciously Specific Denial Bloodless Carnage Unwitting Instigator of Doom Card-Carrying Villain Made of Explodium Department of Redundancy Department Scare Chord Costume Porn Five-Man Band Insult Backfire I Did What I Had to Do Wham Shot Neck Snap Tranquil Fury Air-Vent Passageway Sir Swears-a-Lot Ass Shove Age Lift Index of Film Westerns Abusive Parents Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Beauty Is Never Tarnished Film Noir One-Word Title Black Comedy Rape Punctuated! For! Emphasis! What Happened to the Mouse? Irony Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Together in Death Hero Antagonist Needs Wiki Magic Love The Oner Rasputinian Death Plot Hole Australian Movies Historical Hero Upgrade Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Only Sane Man One-Man Army Television Movie Index Slashed Throat Interrupted Suicide Vacation Films Deconstruction Bunny-Ears Lawyer Hero of Another Story Famous Last Words Four-Temperament Ensemble Vitriolic Best Buds Get Out! Dramatic Irony Bottomless Magazines Star-Crossed Lovers Redshirt Army Wham Line Properly Paranoid Bound and Gagged Conspicuous CG Bolivian Army Ending The Faceless Brother–Sister Incest Danny Peary Cult Movies List Bilingual Bonus Random Events Plot Demoted to Extra Victoria's Secret Compartment Enemy Mine '80s Hair Fainting Adaptation Distillation Asshole Victim Twist Ending Red Right Hand Never My Fault Men Are the Expendable Gender Darkest Hour The Chick Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Adaptational Heroism Love Triangle Creator Cameo Evil Brit Dark and Troubled Past Laughing Mad Extreme Doormat Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Psychopathic Manchild Camp Gay No Ending folderlabel Butt-Monkey Destination Defenestration Green-Eyed Monster Kubrick Stare Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane I Have Your Wife Calling the Old Man Out War Is Hell Villain Song Cluster F-Bomb Soft Glass Face–Heel Turn Captain Obvious Shirtless Scene Corrupt Corporate Executive Berserk Button Jitter Cam Death Seeker Curse Cut Short Call-Back Funny Background Event Villainous Breakdown Pimped-Out Dress Meaningful Background Event Cool Car Friend to All Children Blood from the Mouth The Quiet One Badass Normal Russian Films Combat Pragmatist Artistic License – Law Disney Villain Death Stalker with a Crush Continuity Nod Hypocrite Outrun the Fireball Madness Mantra Defiant to the End The Dreaded The Dog Bites Back Pay Evil unto Evil Evil Plan Last-Name Basis Ms. Fanservice Due to the Dead Eye Scream Up to Eleven In the Back Instant Death Bullet Composite Character Fat Bastard Dwindling Party Ungrateful Bastard It Will Never Catch On Papa Wolf Mighty Whitey May–December Romance Unusually Uninteresting Sight Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Pragmatic Adaptation He Who Fights Monsters Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Expy Car Fu Taking You with Me Married to the Job Mercy Kill Same Language Dub No OSHA Compliance Kill 'em All Decoy Protagonist Historical In-Joke Serial Killer For the Evulz As Himself "The Reason You Suck" Speech Unreliable Narrator Actor Allusion Took a Level in Jerkass Broken Pedestal Once More, with Clarity! Face Death with Dignity The Atoner Cool Old Guy Bury Your Gays Dissonant Serenity Real Life Writes the Plot Adult Fear Agony of the Feet Killed Mid-Sentence What You Are in the Dark Reasonable Authority Figure Truth in Television Bald of Evil Adaptational Attractiveness Light Is Not Good Loads and Loads of Characters Nice Hat All There in the Manual More Dakka Badass Longcoat Disguised in Drag Slap-Slap-Kiss How We Got Here Crucified Hero Shot Manchild Unusual Euphemism Faux Affably Evil Eureka Moment Mystery and Detective Films Catch-Phrase Bullying a Dragon Freudian Excuse Artistic License – History Sealed Evil in a Can Gainax Ending Ugly Guy, Hot Wife The Alcoholic Bad Boss Handicapped Badass Posthumous Character Covers Always Lie Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique She Cleans Up Nicely Romantic False Lead Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Hope Spot Evil Laugh The Stoner Older Than They Look B-Movie My Beloved Smother Large Ham Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Punch-Clock Villain Cloudcuckoolander Adapted Out Shut Up, Hannibal! Fish out of Water Fate Worse than Death Authority Equals Asskicking Off-into-the-Distance Ending Body Horror Femme Fatale Establishing Character Moment As Long as It Sounds Foreign Shower Scene Knife Nut Evil vs. Evil Wretched Hive Motor Mouth Mythology Gag Disproportionate Retribution Punny Name Cool Guns Police Brutality Disappeared Dad Would Hit a Girl Auto Erotica Bi the Way Guns Akimbo Moment Killer As the Good Book Says... Badass Boast Bar Brawl Spared by the Adaptation He Knows Too Much Back from the Dead MacGuffin Shoot the Shaggy Dog Cool Old Lady Eyepatch of Power Deus ex Machina Animal Motifs Novelization Belligerent Sexual Tension Names to Run Away from Really Fast Overprotective Dad Death by Irony Rousing Speech The Cavalry It Can Think Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Damsel in Distress Eagleland Groin Attack The Alleged Car Serious Business Drill Sergeant Nasty Straight Gay Your Cheating Heart Lampshade Hanging Alas, Poor Villain Japanese Films Foregone Conclusion Red Oni, Blue Oni Cain and Abel Retired Badass Animal Title Index Storming the Castle Blood Knight The Chessmaster Badass in a Nice Suit Action Genre The Voiceless Cassandra Truth All There in the Script Small Name, Big Ego There Is No Kill Like Overkill The End... Or Is It? Evil Is Hammy Woman Scorned Lighter and Softer Parental Incest Dirty Cop Credits Gag Ax-Crazy Rewatch Bonus Music Stories Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Film Series Big "NO!" Historical Villain Upgrade Sequel Hook Morality Pet Evil Counterpart Adults Are Useless Make It Look Like an Accident Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Works Set in World War II Broken Aesop Chekhov's Skill Bad "Bad Acting" Hidden Depths Foreshadowing O.O.C. Is Serious Business The Brute Corpsing Based on a True Story Smug Snake Leaning on the Fourth Wall Scenery Gorn I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Pretty in Mink Bloodier and Gorier Alliterative Name Rule of Symbolism And the Adventure Continues Arc Words Revenge Silent Movie Bland-Name Product Pretty Little Headshots Grey and Gray Morality Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Skewed Priorities Foil Henpecked Husband Aluminum Christmas Trees Yandere Chewing the Scenery Coming-of-Age Story Let's Get Dangerous! Important Haircut Hoist by His Own Petard Amoral Attorney No Celebrities Were Harmed NO INDOOR VOICE Adaptational Badass Amusing Injuries Suspiciously Similar Substitute Bloody Hilarious Flipping the Bird Eldritch Abomination Does Not Like Shoes Humans Are Bastards Spell My Name with an "S" Fingore All Men Are Perverts Never Found the Body Super Strength Noodle Incident Break the Cutie Big Brother Instinct She's Got Legs Kids Are Cruel World of Ham Cold-Blooded Torture Getting Crap Past the Radar Male Frontal Nudity Affably Evil Those Two Bad Guys Big Eater N-Word Privileges Brutal Honesty After the End Video Credits Shout-Out Batman Gambit Spanner in the Works Antagonist Title Trailers Always Spoil Those Wacky Nazis Self-Deprecation Scenery Porn Hooker with a Heart of Gold Playing Gertrude Stealth Hi/Bye Jerkass Has a Point Apocalypse How The Un-Reveal Demonic Possession Villain Protagonist You Have Outlived Your Usefulness No Antagonist Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds The Mole Bait-and-Switch Action Girl Depraved Bisexual Nice Guy Neck Lift Dies Wide Open Sexy Discretion Shot Catapult Nightmare Manic Pixie Dream Girl Every Car Is a Pinto Whole Plot Reference Character Development Homage Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Heroic Sacrifice Gratuitous English Actually Pretty Funny No-Sell Well-Intentioned Extremist Stealth Pun A Father to His Men Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Badass Grandpa Everyone Has Standards Awesome, but Impractical Immune to Bullets Only Known by Their Nickname Death of a Child Mood Whiplash Idiot Ball Sanity Slippage Love at First Sight Pre-Mortem One-Liner Missing Mom Dirty Old Man Not So Stoic Crazy Jealous Guy Adaptational Villainy Real Life Poor Communication Kills Cool Shades My God, What Have I Done? The Ace All Girls Want Bad Boys A.I. Is a Crapshoot Driven to Suicide Obfuscating Stupidity Meaningful Echo Genre Throwback All for Nothing Kick the Dog Wrong Genre Savvy Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? Kick the Son of a Bitch Tap on the Head Drives Like Crazy Word of God Artistic License – Gun Safety Historical-Domain Character The Ditz Exact Words Intergenerational Friendship Heel–Face Turn Bavarian Fire Drill French Films Toplessness from the Back Big Bad Duumvirate Obviously Evil Loophole Abuse Accidental Murder Gone Horribly Right Redemption Equals Death Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Setting Update Oh, Crap! You Killed My Father Stock Footage Film Noir Index Failed a Spot Check Chase Scene Action Survivor Not Using the "Z" Word Action Prologue The '80s Ascended Extra Distracted by the Sexy Silence Is Golden Italian Films Bond Villain Stupidity Evil Is Petty Darker and Edgier Training Montage Not What It Looks Like The '70s Reality Has No Subtitles True Companions Sequel Escalation Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Hollywood Darkness Show Within a Show In Name Only Imagine Spot No Name Given Informed Ability Brainless Beauty Logo Joke Race Lift "Awesome McCool" Name Does This Remind You of Anything? Fatal Flaw Improvised Weapon Deliberate Values Dissonance Heroes Want Redheads Big Fancy House Dull Surprise Fantastic Racism Made of Iron Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Bare Your Midriff Mind Screw An Aesop Mooks Good Is Not Nice Manipulative Bastard Ironic Echo Meet Cute Match Cut Christmas Movies Index Canon Foreigner Manly Tears Guile Hero Vomit Indiscretion Shot Man on Fire Hollywood Law Here We Go Again! Badass Bookworm Fun with Acronyms Superhero Didn't Think This Through Big Applesauce Improbable Weapon User Beta Couple Mr. Exposition Slasher Smile Woman in White Funny Foreigner The Ghost Big-Bad Ensemble The Reveal Dark Reprise Vomit Discretion Shot An Axe to Grind German Films Precision F-Strike Alpha Bitch Sinister Minister Pragmatic Villainy Adaptation Dye-Job The Remake Military and Warfare Films Camera Abuse Boom, Headshot! Greater-Scope Villain Improbable Aiming Skills Broken Bird Obstructive Bureaucrat Death Glare Fiery Redhead Have a Gay Old Time Horror Comedy You Have Failed Me Spiteful Spit Horror Films Rule of Three Jerk Jock Creepy Child Award-Bait Song Cowboy Cop "Shaggy Dog" Story Anti-Hero Central Theme Take That! It's Personal Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking All Just a Dream Non-Indicative Name Those Two Guys Cat Scare Psycho for Hire Artistic License – Geography Only in It for the Money Red Herring Author Appeal The Smart Guy Maybe Ever After Abhorrent Admirer Slasher Movie Death by Sex Karmic Death Major Injury Underreaction Death by Adaptation Recycled IN SPACE! Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Casting Gag Half the Man He Used to Be I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Author Avatar Aside Glance Take a Third Option Disney Death Bittersweet Ending Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping I Need a Freaking Drink Unresolved Sexual Tension Left the Background Music On Drowning My Sorrows Not So Above It All The Casanova Hate Sink Tempting Fate "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue The '60s Roaring Rampage of Revenge The Hero From Bad to Worse Arranged Marriage From Nobody to Nightmare Time Skip Science Fiction Films Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Exactly What It Says on the Tin Fanservice Extra It's All About Me Mugging the Monster Leave the Camera Running Artistic License – Physics Lock and Load Montage The Lost Lenore Totally Radical Smoking Is Cool Even Evil Has Loved Ones Dark Is Not Evil Re-Cut Extremely Short Timespan The Bully Advertised Extra Beard of Evil Shown Their Work Adorkable Translation Convention Drugs Are Bad BFG Refuge in Audacity Early-Bird Cameo Blackmail Insistent Terminology Ghost Fiction Plucky Comic Relief Deadpan Snarker Dumb Blonde Ambiguous Ending Almost Kiss Despair Event Horizon The Lancer Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Betty and Veronica Screw the Money, I Have Rules! In Medias Res Defrosting Ice Queen Not Quite Dead Mama Bear Biopic Double-Meaning Title Retcon Reality Is Unrealistic Adaptation Name Change Offscreen Moment of Awesome Red Shirt Undying Loyalty Mr. Fanservice The '50s Knight Templar The Vamp Dying Moment of Awesome Villain with Good Publicity Off with His Head! Worthy Opponent Very Loosely Based on a True Story Artistic License – Biology Artistic License – Military Took a Level in Badass Crazy-Prepared Nothing Is Scarier Empathic Environment Vampire Fiction Monumental Damage Jerkass Canadian Movies British Films Suddenly SHOUTING! Big Bad Visual Pun What the Hell, Hero? Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Laser-Guided Karma Diabolus ex Machina Hair-Trigger Temper Captain Ersatz Grievous Bottley Harm Romantic Comedy Naked People Are Funny Overly Long Gag Paper-Thin Disguise Narrator Room Full of Crazy Mistaken for Gay Ripped from the Headlines The Great Depression Bowdlerise Public Domain Feature Films Taking the Bullet Product Placement Bring My Brown Pants Only One Name The Bad Guy Wins The Musical Politically Incorrect Villain Blatant Lies Fatal Family Photo Daddy's Girl The Stoic Hypocritical Humor Anyone Can Die Wicked Cultured Tagline Chiaroscuro Babies Ever After Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience The Mafia Affectionate Parody A Date with Rosie Palms The Hero Dies Would Hurt a Child Throwing Your Sword Always Works The Smurfette Principle Double Entendre Determinator aka: The Determinator Cruel and Unusual Death Downer Ending Anachronic Order Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Dirty Coward Easily Forgiven Our Vampires Are Different Attempted Rape Sci-Fi Horror One Steve Limit Intrepid Reporter Title Drop Naïve Newcomer Arch-Enemy You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Kill It with Fire Dual Wielding Ship Tease Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Sacrificial Lion Gorn Flashback Anachronism Stew Sadistic Choice Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Not Even Bothering with the Accent Chekhov's Gun Stuff Blowing Up Insane Troll Logic Even Evil Has Standards Daylight Horror Dropped a Bridge on Him Eiffel Tower Effect Heel Realization Freeze-Frame Bonus Soundtrack Dissonance And Starring Mad Scientist No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Armor-Piercing Question Country Matters Put on a Bus Final Girl Never Trust a Trailer Crapsack World This Is Gonna Suck Domestic Abuse Determinator Faking the Dead Retirony Shipper on Deck Fake Shemp Running Gag Cat Fight Curb-Stomp Battle Happily Married Line-of-Sight Name Villain Ball Red Eyes, Take Warning Wounded Gazelle Gambit Chekhov's Gunman Spiritual Successor Annoying Younger Sibling Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Reckless Gun Usage Be Careful What You Wish For La Résistance Pet the Dog Zombie Stories Karma Houdini Framing Device Too Dumb to Live Genre Shift Your Head A-Splode Closed Circle Jerk with a Heart of Gold Big Damn Heroes Scary Black Man Peek-a-Boo Corpse Shell-Shocked Veteran Heroic BSoD The Dragon Evil-Detecting Dog Sassy Black Woman The Place Book-Ends Heterosexual Life-Partners Anguished Declaration of Love Gory Discretion Shot Evil Sounds Deep Psychological Thriller Black Best Friend timeperiod Did Not Get the Girl Documentary Unspoken Plan Guarantee Martial Arts Movie Sports Stories Meaningful Name Hong Kong Films The Power of Love Gilligan Cut Epic Movie And I Must Scream Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome A God Am I Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Honor Before Reason Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Say My Name Frame-Up Rule of Cool Dutch Angle Rated M for Manly I'm a Humanitarian Pyrrhic Victory Fire-Forged Friends Creative Closing Credits Becoming the Mask The X of Y Riddle for the Ages Only a Flesh Wound Parental Neglect Male Gaze Jump Scare The Load A Minor Kidroduction Accidental Misnaming Gender Flip Our Zombies Are Different For Want of a Nail Rich Bitch Stepford Smiler Genre Savvy Protagonist Title Deliberately Monochrome My Greatest Failure Developing Doomed Characters The Sociopath Dogged Nice Guy Dramatic Gun Cock Call-Forward Rape as Drama Fantasy Films Villain Opening Scene Dark Action Girl Brick Joke Celebrity Paradox Break the Haughty Thriller Really Gets Around Adaptation Expansion The Big Guy Mundane Made Awesome Expository Hairstyle Change Rule of Funny The Film of the Book Comically Missing the Point Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Ominous Latin Chanting Epic Fail Fan Disservice Early Installment Weirdness The Stinger Gold Digger Earn Your Happy Ending Black Dude Dies First 20 Minutes into the Future Humiliation Conga Implacable Man The '90s Market-Based Title Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Reality Ensues Animated Credits Opening Children Are Innocent Contrived Coincidence Fanservice As You Know "Well Done, Son!" Guy Sole Survivor The Starscream Mexican Standoff Not So Different Dressing as the Enemy Parental Abandonment Dramedy Ambiguous Disorder Breaking the Fourth Wall Black Comedy The Cameo Offscreen Teleportation Deal with the Devil No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Leitmotif Bond One-Liner Token Minority Parental Substitute Race Against the Clock Beware the Nice Ones Police are Useless Black and Gray Morality Stylistic Suck Anti-Villain