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===In popular culture===
Cartoons and stories sometimes have a character based on their creator, either a fictionalised version (e.g. the [[Matt Groening]] character in some episodes of ''[[The Simpsons]]'') or an entirely fictional character (e.g. [[Hermione Granger]] in the [[Harry Potter|''Harry Potter'' series]] has been said<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/pacific/magazine/20001030/potter.html |title=A Good Scare |magazine=Time |date=30 October 2000 |access-date=5 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100228031300/http://www.time.com/time/pacific/magazine/20001030/potter.html |archive-date=28 February 2010 }}</ref> by [[J. K. Rowling]] to be based upon herself). Such characters are sometimes known as "[[author surrogate]]s", "author avatars" or Self Inserts<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ahmed |first=Nazeefa |date=2024-06-22 |title=The Fall Guy and the self insert character |url=https://thegauntlet.ca/2024/06/22/the-fall-guy-and-the-self-insert-character/ |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=The Gauntlet |language=en-US}}</ref>.