#Character cameos

[legitimatesatanspawn]

Things that always make me laugh in spite of the plot-related headaches:

Auron in Kingdom Hearts being literally FFX Auron, meanwhile the rest of FFX's known cast are split across Destiny Island (as kids) and Radiant Garden (as Tinker Bell-like fairies, in spite of them having a subplot with Maleficent).

Cloud Strife in Final Fantasy Tactics being literally FF7 Cloud, in spite of The Planet and FFT!Ivalice presumably being different worlds altogether.

Ryo from Digimon Adventure (games, and film cameos) being yeeted into Tamers' parallel Digital World where in the human world Adventure is a work of fiction.

[shinigami-striker]

Spyro Community Day (2024) | Saturday, 09.07.24

Honestly, adding Spyro's cameo in Astro Bot gives us fellow Spyro the Dragon fans hope for a future game or two.

The critically acclaimed 3D platformer, Astro Bot, is available now!

[wolfgabe]

Astro Bot VIP list Nintendo Edition

Been watching gameplay of Astro Bot on PS5 and now I want to see Nintendo make their own celebration game that is filled with Nintendo character cameos complete with deep cut nods

Super Mario VIPs

Mario

Luigi

Peach

Toad

Captain Toad

Bowser

Bowser Jr

Koopa Troopa

Goomba

Daisy

Waluigi

Wario

Rosalina

Luma

Foreman Spike

Eggplant Man

Yoshi

Kamek

Cappy

Paper Mario

Geno

Legend of Zelda VIPs

Link

Zelda

Ganondorf

Tingle

Tetra

Skull Kid

Epona

Daruk

Mipha

Revali

Urbosa

Guardian Stalker

Koroks

King of Red Lions

Midna

Zant

Happy Mask Salesman

Fierce Diety

Donkey Kong VIPs

Donkey Kong

Diddy Kong

Cranky Kong

Funky Kong

Dixie Kong

Kiddie Kong

King K Rool

Kritter

Rambi

Metroid VIPs

Samus

Zero Suit Samus

Dark Samus

Sylux

Ridley

Kraid

Mother Brain

Raven Beak

SA-X

Metroids

Adam Malkovich

Xenoblade Series VIPs

Shulk

Reyn

Fiora

Dunban

Rex

Pyra

Mythra

Malos

Jin

Noah

Mio

Animal Crossing VIPs

Tom Nook

Tommy and Timmy Nook

Mr Resetti

Rover

Blathers

Celeste

Brewster

Crazy Redd

Villager (Male)

Villager (Female)

Blanca

Tortimer

Isabelle

KK Slider

Splatoon VIPs

Inkling Boy

Inkling Girl

Octoling

Callie

Marie

Pearl

Marina

Shiver

Frye

Big Man

Sheldon

DJ Octavio

Mr Grizz

Captain Cuttlefish

Judd

Lil Judd

Fire Emblem VIPs

Marth

Roy

Ike

Lucina

Chrom

Robin

Lynn

Corrin

Ryoma

Xander

Takumi

Byleth

Sothis

Dmitri

Claude

Edelgard

Kirby VIPs

Kirby

King Dedede

Meta Knight

Bandana Waddle Dee

Whispy Woods

Marx

Magolor

Taranza

Queen Sectonia

Susie

President Haltmann

Three Mage Sisters

Elfilin

Pokemon VIPs

Pikachu

Bulbasaur

Squirtle

Charmander

Meowth

Pokemon Trainer

Mew

Mewtwo

Detective Pikachu

Star Fox VIPs

Fox

Falco

Peppy Hare

Slippy Toad

General Pepper

Andross

Krystal

Wolf

Leon

Pigma

Prince Tricky

Earthbound/MOTHER VIPs

Ness

Paula

Jeff

Poo

Mr Saturn

Ninten

Anna

Lloyd

Teddy

EVE

Lucas

Duster

Kumatora

Boney

Porky

F-Zero VIPs

Captain Falcon

Pico

Samurai Goro

Dr Stewart

Black Shadow

Blood Falcon

Mr EAD

Kid Icarus VIPs

Pit

Palutena

Medusa

Dark Pit

Hades

Viridi

Super Smash Bros series VIPs

Master Hand

Crazy Hand

Fighting Polygon

Fighting Wire Frame

Alloy Fighter

Ancient Minister

Primid

Tabuu

Pikmin VIPs

Olimar

Louie

Alph

Charlie

Brittany

The President

Red Pikmin

Blue Pikmin

Yellow Pikmin

Purple Pikmin

White Pikmin

Winged Pikmin

Rock Pikmin

Ice Pikmin

Glow Pikmin

Oatchi

Moss

NES/Famicom era VIPs

Excitebike Racer

Diskun

Hockey Player

Volleyball Player

Baseball Player

Bubbles

Ice Climbers

Ayumi Tachibana

Gumshoe

Duck Hunt Dog

Balloon Fighter

R.O.B

Professor Hector

Urban Champion Fighter

Sherriff

Tamagon

Devil

Mach Rider

Takamaru

Famicom Wars Soldier

Sukapon

Punch Out!! VIPs

Little Mac

Doc Louis

Glass Joe

King Hippo

Bald Bull

Don Flamenco

Mr Dream

ARMS VIPs

Spring Man

Ribbon Girl

Min Min

Helix

Max Brass

Helix

Dr Coyle

Hedlok

Other VIPs

Dillon

Ashley Robbins

Mr Game and Watch

Tethu from Ever Oasis

Wii Fit Trainer

Dr Wright

X Commander

Sable Prince

F-Type Car

Ray Mk III

Isacc from Golden Sun

Starfy

Starly

Moe the Clam

Lip

Karate Joe

Chorus Kids

Cubivore Pig

Chibi Robo

Dr Kawashima

Nintendog

Elite Beat Agents

T-Rex

Captain Rainbow

Zip

Mallo

Nikki

Jill from Drill Dozer

Qbby

Arcade Bunny from Nintendo Badge Arcade

Third Party VIPs

Sonic the Hedgehog

Billy Hatcher

Jason from Blaster Master

Hebe

Simon Belmont

Mega Man

Commander Video

Shovel Knight

Wonder Red

Wonder Blue

Bayonetta

Galaga Ship

Bomberman

Mega Man

Shantae

Erdrick

Banjo and Kazooie

Cuphead

[landboundstar]

Trade Secrets Part 8

This section was a beast to write! Took a while, but hopefully you enjoy it. I had a few characters make their first stop in my AU version of Gotham City.

Trade Secrets

Part 8

I fidgeted nervously, pulling at the skirt of my dress.

It certainly was not my first time in a crowd. But normally, when I was at a large event, I was trying to draw attention to myself. Since I was normally acting as Dad's assistant and not just a guest.

My father looked down, smiled, and squeezed my hand.

"Quite a crowd. Good thing it is a party and you can talk to one or two people at a time."

I blushed, and he knelt down.

"Z, look at me." Dad's use of the familiar nickname he had called me since babyhood was meant to soothe me, as was his calm, even voice. But my face felt even warmer as I kept blushing, and I was embarrassed to feel tears pricking my eyes. "Really, just talk to a few people at a time. If you don't want to talk to someone, you can always walk away. And if you still want to leave in half an hour, we'll go."

He meant it. Looking around the Waynes' ballroom, with more people in it than I had ever seen before, I knew my father would leave a chance to visit with his friends if I was still upset.

I nodded, and wiped my eyes.

"Nice to know I'm not the only one feeling overwhelmed."

Dad stood up slowly, giving me another second to pull myself together.

"I'm sorry, I don't believe that we've met."

The lady smiled and extended her hand. "Dr. Leslie Thompkins. I work with Thomas. I have to assume you're his friend, Gio?"

Dad nodded and shook her hand. "Giovanni Zatarra. Nice to meet you, doctor."

She chuckled. "Stick with Leslie. Doctor is going to be confusing with Thomas, Matthew, and me all in the same room. Not to mention, whoever else Thomas has invited from the hospital that I have not run into yet. I take it that the young lady I am feeling entirely in sympathy with would be Zatanna?"

I wiped my eyes again, and nervously dropped a stage bow before remembering I should shake hands, but Leslie Thompkins apparently had decided to ignore my faux pas.

I expected her to ignore me, and just talk to Dad then, the way most adults do with kids.

Except, she didn't. 

"The conservatory, dear."

I blinked up at her.

"What?"

With a smile, she patted my shoulder. "I'm probably too old to be your co-conspirator at escaping, but you aren't the only person I saw feeling overwhelmed. I haven't seen your other friends or their families yet, and Heaven only knows where Rachel has gotten to, but Bruce slipped into the conservatory a few minutes ago. I think he was waiting to see one of his friends here. And I know I always like meeting one of Thomas' friends that I don't run into in the hospital or my practice."

Dad looked at me, and chuckled. "Take D -, I mean Leslie's, chance to escape."

I still felt embarrassed, maybe even more so than before, but I did not feel quite as panicked as I moved through the crowd, headed towards the conservatory.

Bruce stood, half hidden behind a poinsettia, his fingers touching the stem of a paperwhite.

"You're almost as good at that as Selina." His hand traced up and down the forced bloom. "Sleight of hand?"

"The door was unlocked." I told him, looking at the flower. Sometimes in the winter, Dad would have narcissus bloom using the old-fashioned way to do it rather than magic. I always thought they looked pretty, but Bruce looked sad looking at the flower.

"I don't know how Dad does it."

 I knew he didn't mean the flower.

"Well, I imagine he hired people. And Alfred and your mom had to help him get it together."

"Not just the party. I mean, you're right. But Dad can talk to everyone here, whether he knows them from being a doctor, or from a society gala, or the family company. That's a lot of things. And even more people. I - well, I can talk, but not with everyone. Not like that." Bruce had started sounding resigned, but the longer he spoke, the more anxious he sounded, until he sounded just as scared and uncertain as I did. Which was not how Bruce, who was used to being so sure of himself, normally sounded.

"I freaked out too. And Dad told me to talk to one person at a time."

"Focusing on one person at a time might help, but right now, there are hundreds of people in my house.It's not like I can leave. I live here."

I patted Bruce on the arm. "Come on. Maybe we can find Selina and Harvey, that way we don't feel alone. If we're lucky, we'll get you in trouble and your father will send you to your room."

We both knew that Bruce wouldn't want to embarrass his parents or cause a scene. But having friends so that he did not have to face it alone made him smile. Or the potential of escape. It was hard to tell which.

Once we were back in the ballroom, we were surrounded by voices and music and it was hard to not be pushed or jostled as we moved through the crowd. I nearly tripped into Bruce as a big man with graying hair pushed past, and that stumble would have had me fall if I had not been grabbed with an arm that snaked around and pulled back across my shoulders. Pulled me back towards someone much taller than me.

I knew that I was in a crowded ballroom. I knew Bruce's parents had never let me get hurt. I still panicked and tried to kick, but that only made my feet slide so that my fall would have worsened if it was not for the man's arm. I felt my breath speed up and years of my father's advice any time we traveled for a show kicked in.

I started to wriggle, rocking both left and right. I might have screamed. If I hadn't bitten down on the man's arm - or rather, I had bitten down on his sports coat.

I heard a chuckle, and felt the man move behind me. There was a lot of swearing and bumping and even more jostling. But, rather than move closer or tightening his grip, he had moved to kneel by me, careful to not push further into my bite.

"I appreciate that someone taught you how not to get grabbed. I would appreciate it more if it wasn't my arm because I didn't want you to fall. But, it's a good skill. Now, can you let go of my coat? I have one good jacket and I don't feel like buying another one."

I let go of the coat and accepted a hand up. It did not make me feel less sick as I felt even more eyes turning on me.

"There she is."

Hands picked me up, but I did not fight this time. I knew it was Dad. And I couldn't stop myself from crying on his shoulder.

"A misunderstanding." Bruce's words started to come through the ringing in my ears. I could tell that he had been talking for a while, but I had no idea what he had been saying.

"It sounds like it." Dad looked at me. "Do you want to leave, Z?"

I shook my head. I wanted to stay and hang out with my friends. I wanted to find Selina and Harvey, talk with Bruce, and meet new people. I felt stupid and small for feeling so overwhelmed in spite of dealing with crowds and audiences with Dad, performing as his stage assistant, waiting in subways and train stations, and weaving through streets and sidewalks around different cities.

"I think that I saw some tables between the foyer and dining room that had snacks and drinks on them. Maybe that would be better." The man who had grabbed my shoulders had taken a step back and was standing next to a young woman who had wrapped her arm around his waist.

"I would think moving somewhere away from you would make anyone more comfortable." I jerked, lifting my head suddenly at a voice I had only heard a handful of times. Selina's older half-brother. "I didn't think I'd find you somewhere like this."

"Jim's here with me as my date." The woman next to the man answered. "And it's hardly his fault, or the girl's, that Mr. Thorne nearly knocked her over."

"I'm so sorry, Miss Kean." Selina's brother drawled.

"Stop upsetting Zatanna." Even from my father's shoulder, it was hard to see Selina when she stepped forward until she was nearly shoulder to shoulder with Bruce, even though I could hear her voice. "Zatanna visits regularly without any problems. She would be drawing a rabbit out of a hat if she wanted attention, not ignoring social niceties, and she wouldn't be crying about it. I'm far more likely to cause a scene than she is."

Selina turned to my father. "Is it okay if Bruce and I take Zatanna to get some snacks, per favore?"

Dad set me back down. "Of course."

I walked in between them, still sniffling a little as we went to the tables where the snacks were laid out.

"It was very considerate of you to remember both Zatanna and her dad speak Italian." Bruce told Selina.

"Maybe, but it had the added bonus of reminding my brother that I speak Italian too."

Selina picked up a small sandwich from a tray. "Leave it to you to get to have all the fun, causing scenes, biting cops." Selina sighed theatrically and gestured to her dark curls and the blue green velvet of her dress sparkled under the lights of the chandelier. "And here I am stuck, actually acting as ladylike as my mother would wish."

We stood and snacked and talked and I actually started to feel almost normal, enjoying the time with my friends, the snow falling outside the windows, the carols playing in the background.

A clatter bumped the table next to us, and I heard a too loud laugh and turned to look.

A woman with blonde waves and a bright red dress stood, still laughing as she clumsily bumped into the table again.

"Mom, please."

Harvey's voice was pleading, barely above a whisper, and I wanted to grab his hand to have him come join us.

Before I could though, a man put his hand on Harvey's shoulder. I knew I had seen the man a few times before, but even if I hadn't, I would have known seeing him standing next to Harvey, that the dark haired man was Harvey's father.

"Don't embarrass your mother that way."

"Why shouldn't I have a few drinks? I just need to unwind a little. And I had a bad day." His mother whined, her voice slurring just a bit.

"And that doesn't give you a right to make your bad day your son's." Bruce's mother did not even reach Harvey's father's shoulder, but as she stepped forward in her black satin dress, Harvey's father let go, and she guided Harvey to sit with us, a delicate hand on his back, while his parents disappeared into the ballroom.

"You didn't need to do that." Harvey told her.

"And you don't need to feel embarrassed that you aren't your parents."

Pulling a chair over, she sat down, and slid her shoes off. "I love these shoes, but they pinch a little at the toes."

The clock in the hall struck nine just as Auld Lang Syne started playing and Bruce's mother started to hum along with the song, tapping her stocking foot in time. 

"We'll take a cup of kindness yet, for the days of auld lang syne."

Smiling, she slid her shoes back on. "Once more into the breach. Make sure you get some of the fudge before it runs out."

And she went back into the ballroom, absently tracing the pearls of her necklace as she walked away.

[canisalbus]

✦ Picciriddu ✦

[frostedpuffs]

HAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[livingmeatloaf]

There is only one way to make a truly wonderful Avatar adaptation, not matter how bad it turns out to be:

A professionally shot, full length stage production of the Ember Island Players' Fire Nation propaganda version of the events

[idolomantises]

>make a quick design for a character intended to have a one off appearance

>people start drawing fanart of her and begging for her to come back

whoopsie lol

[sunderwight]

A fun prospect for Superhero-themed SV AU's that I don't often see is genre dissonance. Like, Luo Binghe as this edgy 90's style antihero who just straight up kills his enemies and sleeps around and is driven by selfish motives (revenge, ambition, etc) rather than altruistic morality, vs Shen Qingqiu as this kid-friendly supervillain who is "evil" mostly in terms of aesthetics and his ability to make inconvenient problems that are reasonably safe for child heroes to solve. Something like Punisher vs Team Rocket in terms of vibes.

Maybe the reason they meet is because some big publishing house akin to Marvel or DC just bought up the rights to whole bunch of older, discontinued comics titles, and decided to do a Justice League/Avengers style mash-up with a bunch of nostalgia properties and their most recognizable heroes and villains. Which means lots of crossovers condensing several titles into a handful of series.

Luo Binghe's origin always features him as a teenager, so he reboots as the youngest Avenger-equivalent team member in the new continuity. Even in this reboot, however, the writers still mostly go the gritty and dark route with his plots and stick to the same key developments -- his abandonment as an infant, his adoptive mother's tragic death, his tough life on the streets, abusive mentors and backstabbing "allies", and so on.

But Luo Binghe's life suddenly starts experiencing periods of dramatic change in his life when he's brought in for appearances in the lighter, friendlier world of the Junior Heroes continuity. After all, he's a natural choice for tying the two continuities together thanks to his youthfulness. Luo Binghe isn't consciously aware of the fact that he's moving between different titles and different writers. All he knows is that sometimes, when he hangs out with the bright and talented Ning Yingying, he's drawn into "conflicts" with Shen Qingqiu -- the kind of "villain" who will call for tea breaks, never actually hits anyone when he shoots his ray gun, leaves clues for all of his crimes, and can't seem to stop from imparting genuinely helpful advice in between his witty quips and taunts.

When Luo Binghe fights Shen Qingqiu, somehow he never actually gets hurt. Neither do any of his friends. The world in general seems brighter and lighter, as if there is some secret barrier protecting everyone from all the evils Binghe knows only too well exist in the rest of his life. Luo Binghe is increasingly convinced that Shen Qingqiu is the source of this mystical safety net. After all, for an allegedly powerful genius who is able to fool half the world about his wicked aims, he's never won a single fight against a kindhearted but somewhat ditzy teenager and her ragtag bunch of friends!

So what's he spending his actual energy on?

Luo Binghe is pretty sure it's keeping the real evils at bay. Making himself the biggest bad in town, and in doing that, making it so that the "biggest bad" is nothing worse than a slightly judgmental teacher in a pretty costume.

It's not long before Luo Binghe doesn't want to go back to the Justice League equivalent, to his world of misery and strife, even after his visits with Ning Yingying are supposed to be over. Especially as the global stakes of various heroic activities start getting higher, and it becomes clear that the boundary between Shen Qingqiu's safe world and the grimdark reality of Binghe's usual life are getting thinner...

[egophiliac]

YOU MANIFESTED THE TWEEL CARDS CONGRATS

YOU'RE WELCOME EVERYBODY!

seriously though I was probably like. 60-80% thinking we'd get at least one tweel for chapter 10. but I was NOT expecting it so soon! both of 'em! in August! a shame we're not getting a Coral Sea event after all...but I guess I can be resigned to that and ALSO excited for getting shiny sparkly glowing(!!!!) mertwins along with Azul fighting his inner demons and going right for the eyes! AHHHH I CAN'T WAIT

(also heeeey I recognize that rowboat... 👀)

[jakeperalta]

* e.g. in interviews/social media saying things like "I played this scene as x character being in love with y character" making it canon that x loves y, or "I view x as bisexual" even if they aren't bi within the show itself, or just general statements on backstory/details that aren't included within the show

[lazylittledragon]

dood dump <33

[emryste]

coming soon to a miscellaneous device near you! @hotguycomiczine with @lunarblazes and @terraglows

[smileyobrien]

COUNTDOWN TO LOWER DECKS SEASON 5 4 WEEKS – Cameos

[umbrvx]

"Kim Dokja believed that the most perfect regression turn was the '999th'. And..."

my piece for serenity, an outer god family zine. please go check it out!

[ 🤎 themazine.itch.io/serenity ]

[packet-of-staples]

Day 190 of drawing Papyrus until he cameos in deltarune. I fucking hate him, why is he like this. Ass in the air like he just dont care fr. I love his goofy ass so much I need to study him under a microscope.