#Shrek did solidify and memeify the song tho

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Okay, so my sibling and I were watching videos and came across one asking “what is the craziest, most out of pocket cameo you’ve seen in a movie?” I gave it some thought and I must tell you of one of the greatest throwaway jokes you’ve never heard of.

And it’s in the 1999 Inspector Gadget movie.

Inspector fucking Gadget

After the movie’s villain Dr. Claw is arrested, his henchman Sykes tries to make an identity for himself outside of being henchman. To heal from his trauma, he joins a Minion Recovery Group. And who is Skyes giving a speech to?

Former henchmen

Now there are only two legit celebrity cameos here. One being Mr. T (front second from the left, known from the A*TEAM) and Richard Keil (front third from the left, known from James Bond as Jaws). But!!!! There are 6 more minion character cameos in frame.

(This is observed left to right from our POV.) Oddjob from James Bond (front far left), Tattoo from Fantasy Island (front far right), Kato from The Green Hornet (middle far left), Igor from Frankenstein (dead middle), edit: Cato from The Pink Panther (middle right), and Tonto from The Lone Ranger (middle far right). Granted, I don’t know all of these medias nor how they hold up over the test of time. But ask your parents and grandparents about them

But that’s not even the kicker. Nooooo no no.

This scene was a 15 second end credit scene.

All of this set up and two celebrity cameos…for 15 seconds…in the credits….Crazy. And I’m not even mentioning the other end credit cameo. What’s arguably even funnier is how they were credited (sorry for its blurriness but granted it’s a bit older)

So just remember when you’re watching Marvel’s famous (or infamous depending on who you ask) end credits scenes, Inspector Gadget not only did it first but also did it better.

Oh yeah, and Inspector Gadget was the first movie to have All Star by Smash Mouth among its soundtrack, not Shrek……OK BYEEEEEEE