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34 Trivia Tidbits About Hidden Jokes and References in Pop Culture

August 27, 2024

Okay, so the joke may not have hit you right away. Just take a moment to mull it over before demanding an apology from the creators. Your hastiness could cause some serious embarrassment on your part. They’d clearly respond with some direction to dig a little deeper.

Because in South Park, for example, Mr. Garrison’s alphabet isn’t just scrambled up as a visual joke. It actually spells out “Oh my god, they killed Kenny. You bastards.” in Spanish. So be on the lookout!

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UNITED NATIONS In South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, the flag display outside the United Nations includes the Jolly Roger and an LGBT Pride flag. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Gravity Falls' Latin gibberish contains scathing pop culture criticism. The fake Latin incantation Dipper uses to enter Stan's mind includes the phrase Inceptus Nolanus overratus, or, Nolan's Inception is overrated. CRACKED.COM — Source

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GRACKED.COM a SCOTT - Double Certificate Of Authenticity The resigned the MICHAEL Scott is the proud owner of a Quality Seyko timepiece CERTIFICATE NUMBER the office In his office, Michael Scott has a framed certificate of authenticity for his watch. Note that it's for a Quality Seyko, not for a Seiko watch. Не was tricked into buying a knock-off and lets the world know. — Source

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MO52584 ESC - O 4 - 2 3 W O - ENTER TAB O E R T L с CAPS D - H J K r m z x C B SK HIFT < B N M RL Old Man McGucket's laptop in Gravity Falls has a key for the symbol of The Artist Formerly Known As Prince. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Easter Eggs

DO NOT ACCEPT CHECKS FROM: CHIEF WIGGUM REVEREND LOVEJOY HOMER J. SIMPSON HOMER S. SIMPSON H.J. SIMPSON CRACKED.COM HOMOR SIMPSON HOMER J. FONG SIMPSONS tHe In the episode Homer and Apu, this sign in the Kwik- E-Mart is a treat for observant viewers. — Source

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CRACKED.COM OSMOSiS JONES takes place inside a human body, but kids might have trouble getting this joke. OUR FOUNDER There is a scene with a monument that reads Our Founder with the statue of an sperm cell on top. — Source

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COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM THE TAGLINE OF THE PIZZA CHAIN IN HOME ALONE HAS A HISTORICAL JOKE. Little Nero's Pizza NO FIDDLIN' AROUND It's called Little Nero's Pizza (a play on Little Caesar's, obviously), with the tagline No Fiddlin' Around - a reference to the legend that Emperor Nero fiddled while Rome burned around him. — Source

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COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM THE SUPERMARKET'S NAMED IN SHAUN OF THE DEAD WASN'T A RANDOM CHOICE. It's called Landis - an homage to John Landis, who directed the comedy-horror classic An American Werewolf in London. — Source

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COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX HAS A SUBTLE JOKE ABOUT BALLS. 3 BALLS JUDG OUL In the opening, Harry is sitting on a swing and reading a newspaper - which has the headline Balls Judged 'Too Big. — Source

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COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM THE MEDICAL DIRECTORY BOARD IN THE GOOD PLACE S3 IS FULL OF JOKES. GROUND FLOOR THIRD FLOOR Administration Offices BH 101-106 Undergrad Faculty Offic DE F General Labs BH 107-150 Dr. Nerlin Mark Po D: Sport Dr Ginger Catapub 8H III 120 Classrooms Dr. Simone Genera PAR BH 123 -130 Lecture Halls Neuroscience Les M.R.L Rooms FOURTH FLOOR BC SECOND FLOOR Dosenographic La - SH 201 General Late DO . BH 202 NO Biology Lab Lecture Halt BH 205 -226 Dr Ginger Lettie Scheent PAR Orangesty Biochemistry Lab BH 227 D: Fran of Planneser RE -See Bolgs BC — Source

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TODD PHILLIPS ATTENDS AN ORGY IN OLD SCHOOL. CRACKED.COM The future Academy Award-nominated director appears as the guy looking for a gangbang at the beginning of his breakout movie. — Source

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You probably missed Bill Murray in Dumb and Dumber To. His character is hard not to notice, but since he never removes the mask, few have realized he's Harry's meth-cooking roommate, Ice Pick. Which turned out to be the least dumb decision in that film, in retrospect. CRACKED COM — Source

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Apparently, Godzilla ravaged the world of Jurassic Park. In The Lost World: Jurassic Park, there's a shot of terrified Japanese businessmen running from the rampaging T-Rex, shouting in Japanese, We left Tokyo to get away from this! CRACKED.COM — Source

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2014's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles brings the comic's creators into the Turtles universe. FASTMAN & LARL BY The Art of Ninjutsu handbook that Splinter finds and that enables him to become the turtles' martial arts trainer is written by Eastman & Laird, creators of TMNT. So, appropriately, Eastman & Laird made the Ninja Turtles in-universe, too. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Zootopia continues a joke started by Frozen. In Frozen, Alan Tudyk voiced bad guy the Duke of Weselton (who demanded people stop calling him the Duke of Weasel Town). In Zootopia, Tudyk is again a bad guy, called Duke Weaselton. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Angus, Sherlock's phrenology bust in Elementary, is a nod to other brilliant investigators. In House, House had a phrenology bust, which one of the writers kept after the show ended. Later, the writer created Angus on Elementary as a nod to House. Both are also nods to Arthur Conan Doyle's Holmes, a noted phrenologist. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Jungle Book

2016's The Jungle Book took something from Saturday Night Live into the jungle. While Louie (played by Christopher Walken) sleeps, Mowgli goes through his things and finds a cowbell, which wakes him up. The whole thing is a nod to Walken's More cowbell SNL skit. CRACKED.COM

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STARGATE SG.1 Lt. Colonel Samantha Carter: The Stargate program just doesn't get the support it used to from the people in charge. Jacek: Why not? Eureka was the show slated to replace Dr. Bill Lee: Eureka! Stargate SG-1 in SyFy's lineup. CRACKED.COM — Source

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A mythological creature in Star Trek evolved from a nickname for Gene Roddenberry. DE GREAT NFD of Roddenberry was nicknamed The Great Bird of the Galaxy, and somehow an in-universe mythological creature (as in, May the Great Bird of the Galaxy bless your planet!) got that name. The in-universe illustration of the Great Bird is, appropriately, Gene Roddenberry's head on a parrot's body. CRACKED.COM — Source

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LIAR LIAR The pen is blues. PLUE B) R-B-KING Among the BLUE-S that Fletcher writes all over his face is Blues legend В. B. King. CRACKED.COM — Source

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RAMPAGE I am rock. Dwayne Johnson makes the ASL sign for rock while saying it's me. CRACKED.COM — Source

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FRIENDS Joey's doodle board follows him to Joey. FINIS 32044 Love you MAN The board itself is used for all kinds of Easter eggs and plot hints. CRACKED.COM — Source

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FRIENDS Monica's 11 towel categories BEACH IN Lab NORN au TINELS asics Ford GED DOLLA Jusy Spring When Monica moves, her towels are boxed and labeled according to her bizarre categorization. CRACKED.COM — Source

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BROAD CITY Abbi and llana's doppelgangers. Two identically-dressed women appear to have been maced, a season after Abbi and llana were. CRACKED.COM — Source

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EVAN ALMIGHTY God's name is AI. AL MONTY AL MOHT . In His brief stint as a waiter, God's name is Al Mighty. CRACKED.COM — Source

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TOY STORY The Home Improvement shout out BinFord BOOO en AS DO SOUS N . AUNMON WARNING GASO Woody is trapped under a Binford Tools toolbox. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Community

COMMUNITY Beetlejuice is summoned (over the course of 3 seasons) Someone says Beetlejuice once per season.The third time, he strolls across the background. CRACKED.COM — Source

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BREAKING BAD Walt's pants are right where he left them. Walt retrieves his money in season 5 from the same spot he ditched his drawers in the pilot. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Mad Men

MAD MEN Ted Chaough's 30 Rock reference. Не casually orders Cooter's favorite drink: an Old Spanish. That's red wine, tonic water, and olives. CRACKED.COM — Source

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SPIDER-MAN 2 Peter Parker's focus focus Не tells himself to focus, just before crashing down to earth... on top of a Ford Focus. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Broad City

BROAD CITY The Mrs. Doubtfire reference goes deeper. Mara Wilson made a rare cameo as the waitress in this Mrs. Doubtfire homage. CRACKED.COM

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THE OFFICE The clown painting returns. am After Jim struggles to remove it from the wall, the painting shows up 2 seasons later at the garage sale. CRACKED.COM — Source

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