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"I was on that island for what seems like eternity!" —Lost star Jorge Garcia on How I Met Your Mother
A while back, we asked the BuzzFeed Community to tell us their favorite times TV shows and movies referenced other parts their actors had played. Here are some of the best examples!
1. On the iCarly/Victorious crossover, when Sam remarked that Tori looked like Shelby Marx, who had also been played by Victoria Justice:
Nickelodeon
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2. On Community, when Abed did a Don Draper impression on Annie, who was played by Alison Brie, who also starred on Mad Men:
NBC
3. When Jorge Garcia guest-starred on How I Met Your Mother and he mentioned being on an island for "eternity," as his character was on Lost:
ABC
4. And also when his character Blitz on How I Met Your Mother chimed in with the numbers that were important on Lost:
ABC
5. When Barry Zuckerkorn, played by Henry Winkler, jumped over a shark on Arrested Development in an obvious reference to Winkler's character Fonzie infamously jumping over a shark on Happy Days:
Fox / ABC
6. When Hank said he looked like an FBI agent on Californication, referencing the actor's role as FBI agent Fox Mulder on X-Files:
Showtime / 20th Century Fox / Courtesy Everett Collection
7. When Ray said Supergirl looked like his cousin on Legends of Tomorrow, referencing the fact that the actor who played Ray, Brandon Routh, had previously played Superman (Supergirl's cousin) in the film Superman Returns:
The CW / Warner Brothers / courtesy Everett Collection
8. When Abby on Greek — played by Olesya Rulin of High School Musical fame — said she'd choreographed three of her high school musicals:
ABC Family / Fred Hayes / Disney Channel / Courtesy Everett Collection
9. When Living Single referenced the school Kim Fields' character attended on The Facts of Life, and Kim literally looked into the camera:
Fox / Embassy Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection
10. When Maddie auditioned for Sharpay in The Suite Life of Zack and Cody's production of High School Musical, a role that was also played by Ashley Tisdale:
Fred Hayes / Disney Channel / Courtesy Everett Collection
11. When American Housewife referenced Holly Robinson Peete's role as an undercover cop in 21 Jump Street:
ABC / Fox
12. When One Tree Hill referenced Stephen Colletti's time on Laguna Beach:
The CW
13. When Sky High referenced Lynda Carter’s many years playing Wonder Woman in the hit TV show:
Disney / ABC / Courtesy Everett Collection
14. When Dawson's Creek made a reference to The Mighty Ducks movies, which Joshua Jackson starred in:
The WB / Buena Vista Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
15. When Psych had a scene where Gus had trouble remembering Holes, which Dulé Hill (who played Gus) appeared in:
USA / Buena Vista Pictures
16. When Castle dressed as a "space cowboy" on Castle, donning a similar costume to his from Firefly:
ABC / 20th Century Fox / Courtesy Everett Collection
17. When Legends of Tomorrow had Victor Garber make a comment about the architect of the Titanic — a person he actually played in Titanic:
The CW / Paramount Pictures
18. When the characters on Teen Wolf kept telling Liam to "be like Clark Kent" — a character who actor Dylan Sprayberry (aka Liam) had played in Man of Steel:
MTV / Clay Enos/Warner Bros. Pictures / courtesy Everett Collection
19. When Sam made this face on Supernatural after Dean admitted to not having seen House of Wax, which Jared Padalecki starred in:
The CW / Warner Brothers / courtesy Everett Collection
20. When "Pietro" on WandaVision made this blatant Kick-Ass reference — a movie he starred in with the actor who played the actual MCU Pietro:
Disney / Lionsgate / courtesy Everett Collection
21. When The Good Place totally gave Michael a bartender scene exclusively because of Ted Danson's iconic role on Cheers:
NBC / Courtesy Everett Collection
22. When Kimmy on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt mentioned the Reverend (played by Jon Hamm) lying about writing a Coke commercial...that Jon Hamm's character in Mad Men actually did write:
Eric Liebowitz / Netflix / courtesy Everett Collection, AMC
23. When The Rock's character gave Zac Efron's character this nickname in Baywatch, based on the teen film that made Efron famous:
Paramount Pictures / Disney Channel
24. When One Day at a Time made a genius reference to Rita Moreno starring in West Side Story:
Netflix / United Artists
25. When 30 Rock cast Matt Damon as a character, then had Liz unable to remember that Matt Damon was in Invictus:
Ali Goldstein / NBC / Warner Bros. / Courtesy Everett Collection
26. When Good Omens, which starred David Tennant, referenced The Doctor's home planet from Doctor Who, which also starred David Tennant:
Amazon / Adrian Rogers / Sci-Fi Channel/BBC / Courtesy Everett Collection
27. When Veep made a subtle Seinfeld reference by alluding to the episode where Elaine accidentally shows her nipple in her holiday cards:
HBO / NBC
28. When Arrow had Oliver make a comment about a vigilante in a hockey mask after the actor, Stephen Amell, played a vigilante in a hockey mask in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2:
The CW / Jessica Miglio / Paramount Pictures / courtesy Everett Collection
29. When Jon Cryer guest-starred on NCIS and referenced his Pretty in Pink character twice in one sentence:
CBS / Paramount / Courtesy: Everett Collection
30. When Married...with Children referenced Ted McGinley's roles on Happy Days and Love Boat:
Fox
31. And finally, when The Haunting of Hill House made a subtle Twilight reference in a scene with Elizabeth Reaser, who starred as Esme in the franchise:
Netflix / Summit Entertainment
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