Lawyer-Friendly Cameo: A copyrighted character makes an appearance that follows copyright laws enough to avoid a lawsuit, yet dancing around enough of those laws that savvy viewers will recognize who the character is intended to be.

Insert Cameo: A creator using their own body part for a close-up shot.

Early-Bird Cameo: A character makes an appearance before being properly introduced later in the work/series or before being given their own series.Death by Cameo: The character's cameo appearance involves them getting killed or being seen as a corpse.Crossover Cameo: A cameo by a character from an otherwise unrelated work or franchise.Creator Cameo: A character in a work of fiction is played by or represents the person who created the work of fiction or one of the people involved in making it.Continuity Cameo: A character from a previous installment or incarnation of a work of fiction appears in the later part of the work or franchise as a Mythology Gag or Continuity Nod.Company Cameo: Rather than a single person, the reference is to a company that had a hand in getting the work to you.Celebrity Cameo: A cameo from a celebrity who otherwise isn't part of the work.Cameo Cluster: A segment or episode of a work with a high number of cameos.Contrast Crossover and Transplant, for when the appearance is a major part of the work instead of a one-off thing.

See also Special Guest, Stunt Casting, and Tuckerization. May be a One-Scene Wonder and/or a Big-Lipped Alligator Moment. The term originated with producer Mike Todd, when he was describing the literally hundreds of Hollywood and foreign movie stars who made brief appearances in the original 1956 film version of ''Around The World In 80 Days.''

Such appearances may include references to another work in the case of a character, it could be the work they came from, and in the case of a real person, it could be another work they worked on. A one-off appearance by someone, such as a character or a real person, who otherwise isn't part of the work.

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