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Pixar Easter Eggs Sully You can see a wood carving of Monsters, Inc.'s Sully in the background of the Witch's workshop. Fan theories suggest the Witch is actually little Boo, but we would object that that's not far-fetched enough. Brave CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Twin Pines/Lone Pine Mall in 'Back to the Future'

EASTER EGGS IN '80S MOVIES JCPenne Back to the Future DE - ENTERPRISES TWIN PINES MALL FILAM A PINE IS KNOCKED DOWN As Marty travels back to 1955, he crashes into one of Farmer Peabody's pine trees. When he returns to 1985, the accident has changed the mall's name. JCPenr DU INTERPASES - - LONE PINE MALL 133RM CRACKED.COM — Source: Screen Rant

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EASTER EGGSTRA I BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES PRODUCER CAMEO APKINSMD BRUCE. TIMM ERIC RADOMSI BRUCE TIMM'S NAME CAN BE SPOTTED ON A ROW OF LOCKERS AS BATMAN WALKS BY. CRACKED.COM — Whatculture Comics

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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

The Wayne graveyard in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice has an Easter egg. One of the names is Solomon-that's Bruce's great-great-great-grandpa in the comics (who was part of a story influenced by Tim Burton's Batman). CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Comic Book Movies With Sneaky Shout-Outs To Their Source Material

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EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES Friday Night Lights EAST LLO 5 LIONS FOOTBALL The Judge is wearing a T-shirt promoting the East Dillon Lions in the series finale. It's a callback to one of her early favorite shows she liked to binge. The Good Place CRACKED.COM — Source

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EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS, AND REFERENCES THE SHICIDE SQUAD BLOODSPORT'S CAPTAIN America moment In The Avengers scene where Cap finally takes charge of the team during the Battle of New York, he gives each member a task best suited for their skills. For instance, he tells Hulk to smash. Bloodsport has a similar scene in the climactic battle of The Suicide Squad, even telling King Shark that Starro is nom nom. It's also notable how Bloodshot used personal connections to motivate his team members, Where Cap's motivations were more pragmatic. CRACKED.COM — Source

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SPIDER-MAN EASTER EGGSTRA! INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE The Toby Maguire dance. The producers were worried that audiences would not get the throwback to Maguire's Peter Parker dancing down the street in Spider-Man 3. CRACKED.COM — Source

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EASTER EGGSTRA JOKES AND MEANINGS HIRSCH'S Gravity FALLS BIRTHDAY HACK 618 RIP The number 618 seems to pop up in every episode. It's a reference to Hirsch's birthday, June 18th. CRACKED.COM — Source: WhatCulture

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Cannibal! The Musical

Easter Eggs for Polyglots cannibal! The Musical This is a really stupid movie! The Indians are all Japanese, speaking Japanese. Various phrases they say: Nani itto n jaa, omee? (What the heck are you saying?) and Ike. Kono eiga ga suggoi baka na eiga da na! (Go. This is a really stupid movie!). CRACKED COM — Source: 15 Easter Eggs You Missed (If You're Monolingual)

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Robocop

EASTER EGGS IN '80S MOVIES RoboCop MURPHY REALLY CARES ABOUT COPYRIGHT LAW. If you stick around to the very end of the movie's credits, you'll see an oddly threatening Easter egg. Instead of the typical copyright warning, viewers will be prosecuted by enforcement droids. o MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA AFFILIATED WITH A.F.L.C.L.O. C 1987 ORION PICTURES CORPORATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED THE STORY, ALL NAMES, CHARACTERS AND INCIDENTS PORTRAYED IN THIS PRODUCTION ARE FICTITIOUS NO IDENTIFICATION WITH OR SIMILARITY TO ACTUAL PERSONS. LIVING OR DEAD, OR TO ACTUAL EVENTS IS INTENDED OR SHOULD BE INFERRED THIS MOTION PICTURE IS PROTECTED — Source: 20 Easter Eggs Hidden In Our Favorite '80s Movies

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Pixar Easter Eggs Monsters, Inc. Jessie and Nemo Little Boo shows her toys to Sully. including Nemo from Finding Nemo and a Jesse rag doll from the Toy Story movies (oh, and also a Luxo ball!). CRACKED.COM — Source

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SPIDERME EASTER EGGSTRA! INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Miles and the number 42. The number keeps popping up wherever Miles goes. BENDIS MICHAEL BRIAN THAT IT'S BOTH SAID AREFERENCETO GUIDE THE HITCHHIKER'S 42 TO THE GALAXY... ...and the jersey number of baseball player Jackie Robinson. CRACKED CON — Polygon

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Baby Driver

EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES & HIDDEN MEANINGS BABY DRIVER THE RAINBOW A bank teller quotes a Dolly Parton lyric when she tells Baby, Everybody wants happiness, nobody wants pain; but there can't be a rainbow without a little rain. It's raining in that scene, and at the very end of the movie when Baby walks out of prison, there's a rainbow in the background. CRACKED.COM — Screen Rant

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easter eggstra meanings and references DOCTOR SLEEP The Dark Tower TRAN #2 There are busses throughout the small town where Abra and Danny live that bear the name Tet Transit, a nod to the tech company in The Dark Tower universe. GRACKED.COM — Vanity Fair

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easter eggstra meanings and references An Easter THE SHiNiNG egg, debunked. People have said that Danny's Apollo 11 jersey was Kubrick's way of addressing the conspiracy connecting him to the supposed fake moon landing. The jersey was actually knitted by a friend of the costume designer, Milena Canonero, and when Kubrick said he wanted Danny to wear something handmade, Canonero brought the jersey to the set. GRACKED.COM — Source: 15 References And Hidden Meanings In 'The Shining'

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EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES & HIDDEN MEANINGS HEY, LATVIA! community In season 2's episode, Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design, the study group gives chase to Professor Garrity through the blanket fort, only to be stopped by a group crawling by in a Latvian Independence Parade. The episode aired on November 18, which is the Proclamation Day of the Republic of Latvia. CRACKED.COM — Video clip, IMDb

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Loki

Easter eggs in Marvel deleted scenes MARCER Loki Frog Thor The blink-and-you'll-miss-it appearance of Frog Thor was supposed to be bigger, with him attacking Loki in the first episode. T369 CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Easter Eggs in Marvel Deleted Scenes

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EASTER EGGSTRA South Park The shot-for-shot creation of They Live. In the second episode of season 5, Timmy and Jimmy get into an elaborate fight that lasts over two minutes. It's a recreation of the fight between Rowdy Roddy Piper and Keith David in John Carpenter's 1988 movie. CRACKED.COM — Source, video clip, video clip

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easter eggstra meanings and references THE Shoutout EXPANSE to Dorie Miller ARRIVALS PUER STELLA DOCKED ROCINANTE LANDING TERMINAL 6 THUTHOSE'S LOTUS ON TIME ENAKA JULU TIME UNN INTREPIO In season 5 episode 10, an arrivals log shows the UNN Dorie Miller ship soon to dock. It's a reference to WWII hero Doris Dorie. Miller, the Black mess attendant who helped save the lives of many during the Pearl Harbour attack. In 2020 he became the first Black American to have an aircraft carrier named after him. CRACKED.COM — Source: NPR, Expanse Fandom

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EASTER EGGSTRA SPACE JAM Homer Simpson has a cameo in the movie. Well, the actor who voices him does. During the scene where the Nerdlucks dress up in their Doctor Who ensemble, they take a seat next to Patricia Heaton from Everybody Loves Raymond. Sitting next to her is Dan — Today

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS Censors lost their sh*% over all the PUPPET SEX TEAM AMERICA CRACKED.COM Despite no puppet genitalia (they were smooth as Barbies down there), censors still wanted to slap the film with an NC-17. We blow Janeane Garofalo's head clean off, but it's all about the positions of the dolls having sex, said Trey Parker. It's not funny- it's tragic. — Guardian

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESP PFACTS JORDAN PEELE WOULD STAND-IN FOR THE ACTORS. us Due to the actors playing two roles in the film, Peele would often play their doppelgangers on set so the actors would have an easier time reacting in scenes. CRACKED.COM — The Hollywood Reporter

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES SFACTS WYATT RUSSELL'S REACTION TO HIS NEW SUIT WAS GENUINE THE FALCON WINTER SOLDIER Russell says that he wasn't that impressed with the U.S. Agent suit after first seeing it but that he felt like a kid on Christmas once he put it on. His genuine reaction to wearing the suit was captured on camera. CRACKED.COM — Vanity Fair

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS THE FIRST EPISODE WAS WRITTEN IN SIX HOURS. X Lffetoe RiKeMoRr Dan Hamon and Justin Roiland wrote the first episode on the same day they sold the show to Adult Swim. Roiland was scared that it might take them months to write the episode if they didn't start — The Los Angeles Times

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS CRACKED.COM THE SALINGERS WERE ALMOST EVEN WORSE OFF. party of five According to the show's creators, the Salinger family was much poorer in the original pilot. Fox executives made them change the family's finances to something that wouldn't freak OUT audiences. — Vulture

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESE FACTS Carell went to bat for JANE LYNCH CRACKED.COM My role was orginally written for a guy, reveals Lynch. And Steve advocated for me and said 'we should bring Jane in for this.' Everything we improvised in the audition ended up in the movie. Including the Guatemalan love song? — Access Hollywood YouTube

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Community

Behind-the-scenes Drama Community Make Your chevy chase and Dan Harmon the kept fighting. behind That Pierce's disappearance reportedly from the show. was reason CRACKED.COM — Source

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Jenna and Pete were almost a couple. The storyline didn't make it past a table read. People didn't like how Pete would be cheating on his wife. BEHIND-THE-SCENES CRACKED.COM — Source

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESp PFACTS DICAPRIO LEARNED HOW TO ACT HIGH BY WATCHING YOUTUBE. THE WOLF OF WALL STREET DiCaprio says that for scenes where he's high on Quaaludes, he based his performance on the viral The Drunkest Man in the World' YouTube video. — Indie Wire

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS ALL OF RICK'S BURPS ARE REAL. Rick Month seel Justin Roiland can't burp on command so he has to sit in a recording booth with a drink and blow air into his stomach to produce the burps. He calls the process disgusting and painful - which is why Rick doesn't burp as much after the first couple of episodes. CRACKED.COM — VICE

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS CRACKED.co ALAN MOORE'S WRITING INFLUENCED MEMORIES OF MURDER. ALAN MOORE . EDDIE CAMPBELL MEMORIES FROM HELL OF CMASTER EDITIONS FULLY COLORIZED MURDER A state of ( Darkness Fam Hel Netter. write out donn From Hell Bong Joon-ho says that reading Moore's From Hell pushed him to start thinking less about the actual killer and more about the spirit of the times which produced the murders. — Source: 15 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Bong Joon-ho Films

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Todd Phillips Quit Borat

BEHIND-THE-SCENES SFACTS THE FIRST BORAT DIRECTOR QUIT THE PRODUCTION AFTER 11 DAYS DUE TO THREATS ON HIS LIFE. GRAGKED.COM After they shot the rodeo scenes of the movie, where Borat gets an entire arena of 2nd amendment loving southerners on his bad side, the crew started to receive threats. The director, Todd Philips, left after 11 days in fear for his safety and Larry Charles was brought in to replace him. — Source: 13 Comedies With Not-So-Funny Behind The Scenes Stories

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Cartman's mom is based on a real person

BEHIND-THE-SCENESP FACTS CARTMAN'S MOM IS BASED ON A REAL PERSON. SOUTH PARK Trey Parker based Liane, Cartman's sexually promiscuous mother, on one of his ex-girlfriends from college who dumped him after cheating on him. — 5 Famous Characters You Didn't Know Are Based On Real People

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Behind-the-scenes Drama Captain America: Civil War Marvel's CEO tried to get Robert Downey Jr. fired. Kevin Feige and lke Perlmutter's long simmering feud came to a head when Perlmutter tried to get Feige to cut RDJ from the film over his steep paycheck. CRACKED.COM — Source

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESE FACTS Trust the comedy instincts of LESLIE MANN CRACKED.COM Apatow thought her scene should end with cops finding a gun under her seat. And Leslie said to me, 'No, I really think I need to throw up in his face.' And then she made her own vomit out of strawberry yogurt and some sort of breakfast cereal. And it turned out to be one of the biggest laughs of the movie. — Vulture

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BEHIND BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS PIKACHU'S RARITY WAS DUE TO ITS DESIGNER'S FAVORITISM. #7 (ICLESTE) 5571797717- ENF27 FIFE GRACKED.COM Atsuko Nishida, Pokemon designer, revealed it was her feeling of not wanting to let other people have Pikachu that led to its random encounters in Viridian Forest to be a mere 5%. — Source: Comicbook

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Parasite

BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS CRACKED.COM PARASITE WAS ALMOST CALLED DECALCOMANIA. PARASITE Before it got its final title, the movie went by Decalcomania, which is the name of a technique for creating symmetrical works of art by transferring an image from paper onto another surface. — Source: 15 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Bong Joon-ho Films

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS PARAS' ORIGINAL NAME WAS A LOT DARKER. CRACKED.COM Paras, and its evolution Parasect, are based on insects that have been infected by a fungus called Massospora, which eventually take over their brains and motor functions. Early promotional material for the game gives Paras a name in direct response to this relationship: Parasyte. — Source

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Loki

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS MISS MINUTES ALMOST HAD A FIGHT SCENE. LOKI 0.0 According to director Kate Herron, a cut scene from the show involved Miss Minutes having an actual fight scene with Loki and Sylvie at the Citadel. Hopefully, we'll get to see what the TVA mascot is made of next season. CRACKED.COM — Marvel

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Jack Black and Parents

BEHIND-THE-SCENES SFACTS Jack Black scared the heck out of the PARENTS CRACKED.COM The moms were spooked by the rampaging wild man they knew from Orange County and Tenacious D. My mom was just terrified that he was going to be a terrible influence on me, says Jordan-Claire Green. But Black quickly won them over: Не was just amazing. — Source: 29 Easter Eggs And Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Iconic Comedies

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