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When an actor with a popular role in the past has a resurgence doing something else. Often they will be cast purely for nostalgia reasons, or because the director or writer is a Promoted Fanboy. Ironically, though, they often become even more popular than they were before, causing their earlier work to be all but forgotten.
Named for The Simpsons' Troy McClure, who used to be a character actor, and then did educational films, infomercials, etc. He would introduce himself with "Hi, I'm Troy McClure! You might remember me from such films as Aliens Steal Cable! and The Adjectival Superhero." (The names of the two films were usually relevant to what he was in at the moment.)
Compare Retroactive Recognition, where the actor's previous roles weren't nearly as popular as their current one.
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Marcia Wallace was, at one point, sufficiently well-known from her role on The Bob Newhart Show in the '70s to be the subject of a Taxi episode (in which she guested as herself) later in that decade, as well as an appearance as her Bob Newhart character on Murphy Brown. Later on, of course, she became the voice of Mrs. Krabappel on The Simpsons.
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Olivia, (Raven-Symoné) from The Cosby Show as Monique from Kim Possible and the title character from That's So Raven and its spin-off series, Raven's Home.
On that note, Symoné is also know for playing Nicole in Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, which serves as this trope for Holly Robinson Peete (21 Jump Street), Dawnn Lewis (A Different World), Roger E. Mosley (Magnum, P.I.), Nell Carter (Gimme a Break!) and Omar Gooding (Nickelodeon's Wild and Crazy Kids). Later Peete would star in the sitcom For Your Love and Lewis would voice LaBarbara Conrad in Futurama.
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Corbin Bernsen is well-known as lawyer Arnie Becker from L.A. Law. Fast forward two decades, and we find him playing Shawn Spencer's dad on Psych.
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Pink Turbo Ranger and Pink Space Ranger Cassie Chan, rather Patricia Ja Lee has appeared in a few anime roles as well.
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Becky from Roseanne as Elliot from Scrubs. No, not that Becky,*  Alicia "Lecy" Goransen the other one.* Sarah Chalke
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Nearly 20 years after The Andy Griffith Show ended, Mr. Griffith returned to the limelight as the titular Matlock.
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He first got fame as Barbarino on TV's Welcome Back, Kotter.
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After his success as Dr. Frank-n-Furter, Tim Curry went on to have a lucrative career in voice-acting along with live-action acting. Many of the roles he voiced include Nigel Thornberry, King Chicken, Emperor Doviculus, the Cat King, King Acorn, and even Satan (in Legend (1985)). He's also done quite a bit of stage acting (including a brief reprise as Dr. Frank-n-Furter).
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There Will Be Brawl is a live-action web series featuring Matthew Mercer and Kyle Hebert, both well-known anime and video game voice-actors (Mercer Darrin'd for Troy Baker as Kanji Tatsumi and portrayed Chrom, while Hebert voiced greats such as Gohan and Kamina). Mercer has since gone on to no small amount of Internet fame as the Dungeon Master for the livestreamed Tabletop RPG Critical Role.
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Ben Browder is known for two famous sci-fi roles: John Crichton on Farscape, and Cameron Mitchell on Stargate SG-1. He acted opposite Claudia Black (Aeryn Sun and Vala mal Doran, respectively) on both series; naturally Lampshade Hanging ensued on the latter about the former.
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Though well-known for his role as Hiro Hamada in Big Hero 6, Ryan Potter earned fame as Mike Fukanaga in Supah Ninjas.
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On that note, Symoné is also know for playing Nicole in Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, which serves as this trope for Holly Robinson Peete (21 Jump Street), Dawnn Lewis (A Different World), Roger E. Mosley (Magnum, P.I.), Nell Carter (Gimme a Break!) and Omar Gooding (Nickelodeon's Wild and Crazy Kids). Later Peete would star in the sitcom For Your Love and Lewis would voice LaBarbara Conrad in Futurama.
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In the dub of Digimon Data Squad, Steve Blum did not reprise his role as Gallantmon...instead, the Royal Knight's voice actor was Brad Sherwood!
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Also Mung Daal from Chowder.
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Yvette Nicole Brown, who starred in Drake & Josh as Helen Dubious, makes a guest appearance as the exact same character, six years later, in Victorious. Nowadays she's best known as Shirley on Community.
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Up until the mid-90s Noel Edmonds was a celebrity Saturday night entertainment show presenter, before which he was a successful DJ. He dropped out of the limelight for several years before reemerging in 2005 as the host of the British version of the game show Deal or No Deal. Similarly, Howie Mandel was a popular prop comic who played Dr. Fiscus on St. Elsewhere, then voiced the title character on Bobby's World. After years of obscurity he resurfaced as host of the US edition of Deal or No Deal.
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Or as "that guy from Grease"
He first got fame as Barbarino on TV's Welcome Back, Kotter.
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Emilie de Ravin was probably best known as Claire from Lost. Since 2012 she's been Belle (yes, that Belle) on Once Upon a Time.
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This trope as applied to a company: NetEase Games first enjoyed fame as the creator of Onmyōji (2016) before Identity V came along, became a bigger success, and overshadows the previous association.
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Was one of Bob Lennon's catchphrases for a while.
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Another Boston Legal example: Candice Bergen (a.k.a. Murphy Brown) returns to the small screen after a six-year hiatus.
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Of the four kid leads in Stand by Me, only Jerry O'Connell didn't have any other major roles as a child actor. He made up for it as an adult. Wil Wheaton is an odder example, becoming a target of nerd scorn on Star Trek: The Next Generation before his comeback in the aughties as a target of nerd admiration.
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Apart from a role in season five of Las Vegas, Tom Selleck has mostly been doing TV movies since Magnum, P.I. wrapped in 1988. Then in 2010 he was cast as Police Commissioner Frank Reagan in Blue Bloods.
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Tween movie watchers might recognize him as Bolt.
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Speaking of How I Met Your Mother, one episode had both Amy Acker and Alexis Denisof as guest stars.
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Keir Dullea appeared as Devon, the protagonist of 70s TV series The Starlost. Get rid of the 70s mustache he wore in the series, you'll recognize him as Dave Bowman from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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And more notably, as Lt. Reginald Barclay, one of the more prominent recurring characters on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Less notably for a one-off role in a Babylon 5 episode.
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