| Characters and Casting |
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Ways in which roles are impacted by being played by human actors. See Colorism to see an historical explainer on how skintone has affected casting. |
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| Ability over Appearance |
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| Acting for Two |
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| Actor Allusion |
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| Actor Existence Limbo |
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| Actor-Inspired Element |
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| Actor Leaves, Character Dies |
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| Actor/Role Confusion |
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| Actor Swap |
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| Adaptational Protagonist |
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| Adaptational Sexuality |
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| Advertised Extra |
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| Affirmative Action Girl |
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| Age Lift |
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| All-Star Cast |
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| All-Stereotype Cast |
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Characters and Casting |
| Always Female |
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| Always Male |
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| Amateur Cast |
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| And You Were There |
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Characters and Casting |
| As Himself |
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| Ascended Extra |
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| Ascended Fancast |
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Characters and Casting |
| Autobiographical Role |
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| Award Category Fraud |
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| Awesome, Dear Boy |
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Characters and Casting |
| Backup Twin |
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| Bad Acting Tropes |
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| Billing Displacement |
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Characters and Casting |
| Bit Character |
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Characters and Casting |
| Breakout Character |
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Characters and Casting |
| British Nazis |
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Characters and Casting |
| …But I Play One on TV |
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Characters and Casting |
| But Not Too White |
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| But You Were There, and You, and You |
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Characters and Casting |
| Cameo Cluster |
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Characters and Casting |
| Can't Un-Hear It |
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Characters and Casting |
| Cast as a Mask |
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| Cast Full of Writers |
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Characters and Casting |
| Cast Incest |
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Characters and Casting |
| Cast of Snowflakes |
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Characters and Casting |
| Cast Speciation |
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Characters and Casting |
| Cast the Expert |
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Characters and Casting |
| Casting Gag |
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Characters and Casting |
| Celebrity Cameo |
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| Celebrity Paradox |
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| Celebrity Star |
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| Celebrity Toons |
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Characters and Casting |
| Character Aged with the Actor |
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| Character-Magnetic Team |
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Characters and Casting |
| Character Outlives Actor |
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Characters and Casting |
| Chewing the Scenery |
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| Children Voicing Children |
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| Chromosome Casting |
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| Chronically Killed Actor |
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| Chuck Cunningham Syndrome |
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| Classically-Trained Extra |
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| Colorblind Casting |
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| Composite Character |
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| Continuity Cameo |
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| Contrasting Replacement Character |
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| Contrasting Sequel Antagonist |
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| Contrasting Sequel Main Character |
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| Convenient Replacement Character |
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| Couple Bomb |
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| Cousin Oliver |
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| Creator Cameo |
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| Creator-Chosen Casting |
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| Cross-Dressing Voices |
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| Cross-Cast Role |
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| Crossover Cameo |
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| Darkhorse Casting |
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| Dawson Casting |
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| Death by Cameo |
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| Decomposite Character |
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| Deleted Role |
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| Demoted to Extra |
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| Descended Creator |
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| Deuteragonist |
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| Disabled Character, Disabled Actor |
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| Dropped After the Pilot |
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| Dyeing for Your Art |
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| Economy Cast |
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| Ensemble Dark Horse |
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| Fake Australian |
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| Fake Brit |
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| Fake Guest Star |
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| Fake Irish |
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| Fake Mixed Race |
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| Fake Nationality |
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| Fake Russian |
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| Fake Scot |
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| Fake Shemp |
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| Final Season Casting |
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| Flashback with the Other Darrin |
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| Funny Character, Boring Actor |
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| Gender Is No Object |
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| Gibbering Genius |
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| Give Geeks a Chance |
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| God-Created Canon Foreigner |
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| Gushing About Guest Stars |
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| Ham-to-Ham Combat |
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| Hero Antagonist |
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| History with Celebrity |
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| Hollywood Beauty Standards |
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| Hollywood Genetics |
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| Hollywood Homely |
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| Hollywood Old |
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| Hypothetical Casting |
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| I Am Not Leonard Nimoy |
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| I Am Not Spock |
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| I Want You to Meet an Old Friend of Mine |
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| Iconic Sequel Character |
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| Identical Grandson |
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| Incestuous Casting |
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| Insert Cameo |
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| Intellectual Animal |
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| Irony as She Is Cast |
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| Jews Playing Nazis |
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| Lady Mondegreen |
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| Last Episode, New Character |
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| Late Spin-Off Transplant |
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| Leno Device |
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| Long Bus Trip |
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| Long-Runner Cast Turnover |
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| Major Character, Mainstream Accent |
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| Making Use of the Twin |
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| Mandatory Line |
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| Mean Character, Nice Actor |
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Characters and Casting |
| Meta Casting |
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| Minimalist Cast |
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| Money, Dear Boy |
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| Monochrome Casting |
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| Must Have Lots of Free Time |
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| My Grandson, Myself |
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| Narrowed It Down to the Guy I Recognize |
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| Newscaster Cameo |
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| Nice Character, Mean Actor |
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| Non-Actor Vehicle |
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| Non-Singing Voice |
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| Not Allowed to Grow Up |
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| Not Even Bothering with the Accent |
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| Not Quite Starring |
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| Not-So-Small Role |
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| Obvious Stunt Double |
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| One-Scene Wonder |
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| One-Shot Character |
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| Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping |
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Characters and Casting |
| Playing Against Type |
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Characters and Casting |
| Playing Their Own Twin |
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| Playing with Character Type |
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Characters and Casting |
| Plays Great Ethnics |
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Characters and Casting |
| Politician Guest-Star |
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| Polly Wants a Microphone |
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Characters and Casting |
| Poor Man's Substitute |
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Characters and Casting |
| Predecessor Casting Gag |
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| Production Posse |
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| Promotion to Opening Titles |
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Characters and Casting |
| Queer Character, Queer Actor |
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Characters and Casting |
| Race Lift |
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| Real Life Writes the Hairstyle |
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Characters and Casting |
| Real-Person Cameo |
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Characters and Casting |
| Recast as a Regular |
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| Recurring Character |
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| Red Herring Shirt |
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| Regular Character |
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| Remake Cameo |
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Characters and Casting |
| Remember the New Guy? |
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Characters and Casting |
| Required Spinoff Crossover |
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Characters and Casting |
| Retroactive Recognition |
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Characters and Casting |
| Revolving Door Casting |
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| Role Reprise |
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| Same Character, But Different |
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Characters and Casting |
| Same Language Dub |
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Characters and Casting |
| Second Episode Introduction |
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Characters and Casting |
| Second Episode Substitute |
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Characters and Casting |
| Separated-at-Birth Casting |
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Characters and Casting |
| Serkis Folk |
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Characters and Casting |
| "Sesame Street" Cred |
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Characters and Casting |
| Shoo Out the New Guy |
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Characters and Casting |
| Significant Double Casting |
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| Sliding Scale of Animal Cast |
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Characters and Casting |
| Small Role, Big Impact |
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Characters and Casting |
| So My Kids Can Watch |
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Characters and Casting |
| Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome |
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Characters and Casting |
| Special Guest |
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Characters and Casting |
| Spinoff Sendoff |
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| Spoiled by the Cast List |
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Characters and Casting |
| Stage Names |
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Characters and Casting |
| Star-Derailing Role |
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Characters and Casting |
| Starring a Star as a Star |
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Characters and Casting |
| Starring Smurfette |
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Characters and Casting |
| Starring Special Effects |
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Characters and Casting |
| Stunt Casting |
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Characters and Casting |
| Suddenly Ethnicity |
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| TV Teen |
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| Temporary Substitute |
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Characters and Casting |
| The Artifact |
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Characters and Casting |
| The Cameo |
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Characters and Casting |
| The Cast Showoff |
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Characters and Casting |
| The Character Died with Him |
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Characters and Casting |
| The Danza |
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Characters and Casting |
| The Friends Who Never Hang |
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Characters and Casting |
| The Heavy |
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Characters and Casting |
| The Nth Doctor |
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Characters and Casting |
| The Original Darrin |
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Characters and Casting |
| The Other Darrin |
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Characters and Casting |
| The Other Marty |
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Characters and Casting |
| The Pete Best |
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Characters and Casting |
| The Smurfette Principle |
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Characters and Casting |
| Those Two Actors |
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Characters and Casting |
| Three-Month-Old Newborn |
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Characters and Casting |
| Time-Shifted Actor |
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Characters and Casting |
| Trans Character, Cis Actor |
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Characters and Casting |
| Transplant |
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Characters and Casting |
| Tropes on a Bus |
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Characters and Casting |
| Two Girls to a Team |
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Characters and Casting |
| Typecasting |
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Characters and Casting |
| Ugly Guy, Hot Wife |
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Characters and Casting |
| Unbuilt Casting Type |
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Characters and Casting |
| Uncanny Family Resemblance |
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| Underage Casting |
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Characters and Casting |
| Unexpected Character |
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Characters and Casting |
| Universal-Adaptor Cast |
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Characters and Casting |
| Unreplaced Departed |
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Characters and Casting |
| Vacation, Dear Boy |
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Characters and Casting |
| Vocal Evolution |
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Characters and Casting |
| Voice Acting Tropes |
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Characters and Casting |
| Voice and Vocal Tropes |
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Characters and Casting |
| Written-In Infirmity |
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Characters and Casting |
| You Look Familiar |
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Characters and Casting |
| You Might Remember Me from... |
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Characters and Casting |
| Younger and Hipper |
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| Fake American |
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Characters and Casting |
| Full Circle Portraying |
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Characters and Casting |
| Star-Making Role |
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| Suspiciously Similar Substitute |
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