# Humorous Allusions to Actors' Previous Roles

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-allusions-to-actors-previous-roles/928191>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 16, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-allusions-to-actors-previous-roles/928191 "2020-12-16T16:54:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-allusions-to-actors-previous-roles/928191/322 "2024-12-30T05:00:57Z")

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In the latest episode of Ghosts, Sam (Rose McGiver) states, “I hate zombies”. (I won’t spoil the reasons why).

She previously played the lead zombie in a series called ‘iZombie’.

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**Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-allusions-to-actors-previous-roles/928191/323 "2024-12-30T05:13:38Z")

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Rose McIver used to make a lot of references to _Power Rangers_ within _iZombie_ too.

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**Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-allusions-to-actors-previous-roles/928191/324 "2024-12-30T14:20:01Z")

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In an episode of _Broad City_, Mara Wilson has a cameo as an increasingly befuddled waitress at the restaurant where Abbi is attempting to have two simultaneous dinner dates at separate tables. Wilson had previously appeared as the daughter in _Mrs. Doubtfire_, which famously featured the same trope in its climactic restaurant scene.

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**Post date:** [January 6, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-allusions-to-actors-previous-roles/928191/325 "2025-01-06T16:45:21Z")

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In _Dawson’s Creek_ Joshua Jackson says something like “Emilio Estevez? He was in those duck movies.” Joshua Jackson was one of the kid stars of the Mighty Ducks movies. I never watched the show but the clip popped up on my timeline.

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**Post date:** [January 6, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-allusions-to-actors-previous-roles/928191/326 "2025-01-06T20:34:21Z")

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I remember an episode of _A Different World_ where there was a bunch of them doing Bill Cosby impressions. I think that was even when Lisa Bonet was still on it.

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