If you blink you might miss it, but Xena, the Warrior Princess herself makes a brief appearance in the first Spider-Man film. She exchanged her leather and sword for fishnets and piercings to play the punk rock girl while visiting her buddy Sam Raimi on the set. Unfortunately, she doesn’t squeeze an infamous Xena war cry into her scene, but she does manage to deliver the kinkiest line in a movie about a guy in a skin-tight bodysuit: “Guy with 8 hands … sounds kinda hot.”

The year was 2004, and the nation had yet to fully submit to the short-lived Chuck Norris fever. Sure, he was a nightly punch line on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, but to most he was a burnt out action star that spent his days hawking overpriced gym equipment. That’s why his position as the final judge in Dodgeball was a special surprise that acted as a laughable moment of triumph for the heroes of the film. More importantly, it proved that a simple thumbs up by Chuck Norris can become the most memorable part of a film.

Quentin Tarantino likes people to pay attention to him. He likes it when people listen to him. A lot. But was the Pulp Fiction director really so starved for attention that he agreed to a role in a Muppets movie to satiate his need to be heard? More importantly, should the target audience for a Muppets movie even know who Tarantino is? Hearing the Count manically laugh while keeping a tally of all the Crazy 88 fighters the Bride cuts to ribbons in Kill Bill could be entertaining and educational, though. The greatest part of QT’s appearance is that his pitch for an ultra-violent Muppets film could very well just be security camera footage from a real meeting with executives.

Setting a movie in the 80’s opens the floodgates for the fondly remembered/washed up recording artists you could approach for an appearance. And trust me, they aren’t gonna turn you down. What else are the guys from Skid Row up to? Yet somehow Billy Idol was the absolute perfect choice, still reeking of the 80’s yet pretty darn awesome. His role as the leather clad matchmaker for Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore was a superb mix of comedy, sweetness and dated clothing.

Anyone that saw Hook as a child surely remembers Glenn Close’s role, even if you didn’t recognize her at the time. The reason for the vivid memories is that her scene probably gave you nightmares for weeks. Or was that just me? If you haven’t guessed by now, with the aid of a fake beard and a not-so-convincing male voice, Glenn played the pirate placed into the infamous “boo box” filled with scorpions.

In the first step in his continuous struggle to redefine his image from family friendly Danny Tanner to foul-mouthed stand up comedian, Bob Saget appeared in Half Baked to deliver the most oft-quoted line in the film. Fresh off his gigs on Full House and America’s Funniest Home Videos, Bob re-defined himself for a new generation with what was politely edited for television as “I used to suck feet for coke.” Why couldn’t he say stuff like that in a high-pitched voice over footage of a guy getting hit in the crotch with a football?

What the heck is Sam Malone doing in the middle of World War II? I thought he liked hanging in places where everyone knows your name, not where you have to wear dog tags just so people know who you are when you’re dead. Nevertheless, Ted shows up here and basically plays ...Ted Danson in fatigues. We love ya Ted, but “range” isn’t really your thing. Still, Ted Danson mows down Nazis with a machine gun. Can’t ask for much more.

Don Rickles, the best insult comic the world has ever known, has worked with some of the biggest legends in entertainment. Johnny Carson, Frank Sinatra, George Burns, Bob Newhart … Norm MacDonald and Artie Lange? Somehow Don got roped into performing in this surprisingly funny lowbrow comedy, and by simply turning his stage act into a scene ridiculing the two stars he delivers the funniest few minutes in the picture. Talking to the ice cream in Artie’s belly is hilarious enough, but his labeling him a “baby gorilla” makes the scene.

When two models decide to have a “walk off” to determine who is the most vain, air-headed person in the room, there is truly only one man who can judge: Ziggy Stardust himself. As the singer of the song “Fashion”, David Bowie is uniquely qualified to judge such a contest, though how Ben Stiller managed to get such a music legend into his movie is still a mystery. Although it pales in comparison to Bowie’s cameo in the HBO series Extras, where he gets to sing about Ricky Gervais’s pug nose, he still acts as the best cameo in a film full of them.

In order to make the three main characters seem as nerdy, weird and socially awkward as possible, the writers came upon the perfect shared characteristic: make them all obsessed with Neil Diamond. Seeing three grown men in sequence shirts and wigs singing Diamond songs is at once hilarious and sad. So for a movie that treats his music as a joke and the mere enjoyment of him as a character flaw, how in the hell did they manage to talk him into showing up on the set? His acting may leave something to be desired, but his presence acts as the perfect cheesy ending to the movie.

When an epic fight between several different news teams breaks out in a secluded alley, all the usual faces you would expect from a Will Ferrell movie are there. The teams are populated by members of the so called “frat pack”, with Will leading his gang and Ben Stiller, Luke Wilson and Vince Vaughn leading others. But what is Tim Robbins doing there? Though better known for his dramatic and political sides, Tim pops up as the leader of the public access news team, bellowing a battle cry of “No commercials! No mercy!” All with a classy afro and pipe to boot. If only he could make his commentary on politics this entertaining.

Sure, this movie about a farmer, played by Billy Bob Thornton, building his own rocket ship to travel into space is slightly more obscure than the action blockbuster Armageddon, but it does act as a reversal of fortunes for Billy Bob and Bruce Willis. Billy Bob, who played the NASA administrator in Armageddon, gets a chance to fly up into the stars this time while Bruce Willis is forced to remain gravity-bound in the NASA control room. Of course Billy Bob doesn’t get to blow up any crazy asteroids or even hang out with Steve Buscemi up there. Bruce Willis still catches all the breaks.

Matt Damon is one of the most respected actors of our generation. Eurotrip is one of the worst cinematic outputs of our generation. So why oh why did Matt Damon even let this script touch his hands, let alone accept a role in it? Sure, it didn’t take much work. All he had to do was shave his head, put on some fake tattoos and piercings, say a few lines and then lip-sync to a horrible song called “Scotty Doesn’t Know.” But still, we expected more of you, Matt. The director must have some pretty nasty blackmail material.

David Letterman has never pretended to have any acting abilities, so where better to give his cinematic tour de force than in the little seen, universally panned, and now teetering on cult classic movie Cabin Boy? Comedic genius Chris Elliot, the star and co-writer of Cabin Boy, was a long-standing writer and performer on The Late Show, so how Letterman ended up in the movie is understandable. Why he agreed to play “Old Salt in Fishing Village” is still a bit of a mystery, though. But thank God he did. His delivery of the line “Man oh man do I hate them fancy lads” alone is worth a rental.

On his desperate search for the Church where Cassandra is marrying Christopher Walken, Wayne stops at a gas station for directions. However, he quickly becomes dissatisfied with the actor’s delivery of a short but emotional speech and requests a stand in. Then, out from the wings, Charlton "Planet of the Apes" Heston himself steps onto the screen and delivers a soliloquy so good that Wayne is brought to tears. He may have been a grumpy old gun nut, but the guy sure could act. RIP Chuck. May this be the role the world remembers you for.