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September 27, 2024

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EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES AND MEANINGS BACK DOC'S TRAIN TO FUTURE SHIRT THE NUMBER In the second film, Doc is sporting a shirt that not only predicts what happens in the third movie, but also makes another appearance in Back to the Future Part III when Doc uses it as a bandit mask. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Spider-Man 2

There's a Doctor Strange Easter egg in Spider-Man 2. 233 Bleeker Street (212) 366-1182 The pizza shop Peter works for is in Bleeker Street, and the address of Doctor Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum is 177A Bleecker Street.

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Us There's an easter egg of The Shining hidden in the credits. Jack Nicholson's grandson, Duke Nicholson, has a role in the film as Danny. In the credits, where a lot of actors have dual character names attached to them, Nicholson's character reads Danny/ Tony. — Variety, imdb

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EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES THE SHICIDE Weasel IS BASED SQUAD on Bill THE CAT: James Gunn revealed on Twitter that the notorious Weasel was inspired by the character from the Bloom County comic strip. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Mulan

Easter Eggs for Polyglots Mulan Eye candy The fake name Mulan gives, Fa Ping, translates flower vase -a term roughly equivalent to eye candy, which is exactly what she's meant to be at the beginning. CRACKED.COM — Source

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SPIDENTION EASTER EGGSTRA! INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Homage to comics: Color offsets. The creators wanted to use the imperfections of early comic books to design the film. We noticed that sometimes in printing comic books, the color offsets were not aligned properly and this looked like the image was out of focus. So, we splintered and offset the image in a way that is similar to a misprinted comic book page. This effect made the colors bleed out in certain images, making it look like these images were literally printed onto the screen. CRACKED — FX Guide

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EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES & HIDDEN MEANINGS CRACKED.COM SCHITT'S CREER Antonio was at the store! In episode 10 of season 5 when David meets Antonio at the flea market, he tells Stevie that he's sure he's seen the guy in his store. Sure enough, fans were able to spot him during episode 6 lurking behind David and Patrick. — Decider

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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 — YouTube, IMDb

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EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS, AND REFERENCES THE -SUICIDE. SQUAD The ORIGINAL RATCATCHER Taika Waititi makes two appearances as Ratcatcher 1, father of Ratcatcher 2. In the comics, the original Ratcatcher was a low-tier Batman villain in Gotham rather than Portugal, and he used his powers to turn to crime. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WandaVision

WANDAVISION EASTER EGGS RALPH BOHNER ISN'T JUST A JUVENILE JOKE. CRACKED.COM Bohner is a reference to Richard Boner Stabone from Growing Pains- a show director Matt Shakman appeared in as a child. — YouTube

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CRACKED.COM CROSSOVER EASTER EGGS COMMUNITY AND COUGAR TOWN Abed appears in the background of an episode of Cougar Town. On Community he reveals he pooped himself during the scene. — Source

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EASTER EGGS IN '80S MOVIES The Goonies DO GREMLINS EXIST IN THE GOONIES UNIVERSE? The cop dismisses Chunk's call with, Just like that last prank about all those little creatures that multiply when you throw water on them? Both movies were written by Chris Columbus. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Garfield's Spider-Man saves MJ

SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME EASTER EGGS ONE MOMENT IN TIME As with all of Spidey's love interests, a Goblin causes MJ to almost die in this film, and while Spidey is too late to save her, Andrew Garfield's Amazing Spider-Man swoops in in the nick of time... saving her as he couldn't save Gwen. CRACKED.COM — Source: Screen Rant

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Inglorious Basterds

EASTER EGGSTRA HIDDEN MEANINGS & REFERENCES ONCE UPON A TIME IN... HOLLYWOOD THE INGLORIOUS. BASTERDS REFERENCE In one scene, the narrator says that one of Rick's new Spaghetti Westerns was directed by Antonio Margheriti. Margheriti is a fake name used by one of the basterds trying to impersonate an Italian cinematographer. CRACKED.COM

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Deadpool in 'Shang-Chi'

Easter eggs in Marvel deleted scenes shang-chi Deadpool Concept art for the movie shows the Merc fighting one of Thanos' minions. CRACKED.COM — Source: Comic Years

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Independence Day

Jasmine's kid's toys in Independence Day are actually an Easter egg. Her son plays with Godzilla toys, a reference to Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich's 1998 Godzilla movie (Independence Day came out in 1996, but they'd already made the deal to do Godzilla by then). CRACKED.COM — Source

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Birdman

Easter Eggs of Oscar-winning movies 2015 Picture Director Original Screenplay Cinematography Birdman Tamales. There's a specific audio of a tamale man calling out that director Alejandro González Iñárritu puts in all his movies, including this meta- superhero film starring Michael Keaton. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Christian Science Monitor

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Easter Eggs Batman Begins Bruce Wayne calls his party guests two- faced friends - and ends up having a literal two-faced friend in the sequel. CRACKED.COM — Source

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EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES Bad Janet FOR E The costume was inspired by Olivia Newton-John's clothing at the end of Grease. The Good Place CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Talent Family

COMEDY NERD BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS David Sedaris helped create Jerri Blank. GRACKED.COM As kids, my brother David and I wrote a lot of plays together, says Amy, and I always did a character like Jerri Blank. The two siblings still write plays together under the name The Talent Family. — Esquire

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESE. FACTS THE PENIS SHOT WAS ORIGINALLY MUCH SHORTER. WALKJHARD During a test screening, the filmmakers realized the audience wasn't reacting the way they wanted to the penis next to Reilly's face. In order to fix that, they went to the cutting room floor and prolonged the shot. CRACKED.COM — The Ringer

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS Blink and you'll miss MILEY CRACKED COM Disney Channel held an online contest to let viewers pick which Disney star would cameo in High School Musical 2. Miley was the winner and shows up in the big finale by the pool. Total screen time: Four seconds. — YouTube

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS CRACKED.COM PAUL BETTANY THOUGHT HE WAS GETTING FIRED. STAR SUDES WandaVision Disney+ The actor revealed that when Marvel called him in for a meeting shortly after his death in Infinity War, he thought they were about to tell him his time in the MCU was over. To his pleasant surprise, they were actually calling him to pitch him WandaVision. — yahoo!

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS The voice actor for Ghostface was kept out of view of the actors. CRACKED.COM In the Scream series, the voice actor for Ghostface (Roger L. Jackson) was hidden on set when he voiced his lines to keep the on-screen actors believably unsettled by him. When characters are taunted by him on the phone, he really is talking to them from somewhere out of sight. He also voiced Mojo Jojo on The Powerpuff Girls, so there's that.

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Afterschool Special

COMEDY NERD BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS The show was inspired by ABC Afterschool Specials. GRACKED.COM The coming-of-age specials, with titles like The Runaways, Me and Dad's New Wife, and Story of a Teenage Alcoholic, taught tweens life lessons. Strangers with Candy borrowed many of the same plots. The difference is Jerri Blank always made the wrong choices. — Esquire

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Scream

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS Scream was based on actual events that happened in Florida. CRACKED.COM Danny Rolling went on a killing spree in 1991 in Gainesville, Florida, killing five students in their apartments with a knife and posing their bodies to shock investigators. Screenwriter Kevin Williamson was watching the news story when he noticed an open window in his home, which inspired him to write the Scream script. — Source: 14 Behind The Scenes Facts About Our Favorite Horror Movies

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES PFACTS DONALD TRUMP WANTED TO BE IN THE FILM. THE WOLF OF WALLISTREET Producer Irwin Winkler revealed that Trump paid the production a visit while they were shooting scenes outside of Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue. He says Trump wanted a role in the film but nothing came of — Esquire

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In Living Color

BEHIND-THE-SCENESE FACTS 'Black Laugh-In' was the pitch for IN LIVING COLOR TN CRACKED.COM I remember using Laugh-In as a model during the pitch, says Keenan Ivory Wayans. I emphasized the edge of the show was going to be different. 'Men on Films,' 'The Homeboy Shopping Network' and 'The Wrath of Farrakhan.' We showed it to Fox, and they got nervous. — Hollywood Reporter

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Jonah Hill

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS JONAH HILL TOOK A MASSIVE PAY CUT. THE WOLF OF WALL STREET Hill was so desperate to be in one of Scorsese's films that he offered to be in it for $60, OOO a Screen Actors Guild minimum. CRACKED.COM — Variety

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS 40-Year-Old Virgin ushered in the BROMANTIC COMEDY CRACKED.COM Buddy Picture, meet Rom Com. Unlike the Buddy Picture, where unlikely allies came together to overcome crazy obstacles, the Bromance featured fast friends who would do anything to help a compadre in need. — Source

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Trey Parker didn't want "Make Love, Not Warcraft" to air

BEHIND-THE-SCENESp FACTS TREY PARKER DIDN'T WANT MAKE LOVE NOT WARCRAFT TO AIR. SOUTH PARK Parker says he thought they lost their touch during season ten and begged the network to not air the now fan-favorite episode. He thought the episode was terrible and that it would ruin their legacy. CRACKED COM — Independent

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The Meaning of Life

BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS KIDS DIDN'T ACTUALLY HEAR ANY BAD WORDS. THE MEANING OF LIFE CRACKED.COM While filming the Every Sperm Is Sacred sketch, Terry Jones actually sang a little rubber thing on the end of his sock' in front of the children. The song with all the naughty words was dubbed in — The Guardian

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS CRACKED GO THE CREATORS CONSULTED WITH DICK VAN DYKE. STAN OZ DISNEY EXPO 2 D23 EXPO In order to pay tribute to the 60s-era sitcoms as best they could, director Matt Shakman and Kevin Feige met with the star of The Dick Van Dyke Show sO they could pick his — YouTube

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Ted Lasso

BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS THE SHOW USED A REAL STREET MUSICIAN. TED LASSO The musician Lasso brings in from the street as a replacement for Robbie Williams is Cam Cole - a famous London street performer. — Boing Boing

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS Everyone gangs up on Paul in the FOCUS GROUP I THINK YOU SHOULD LEAVE GRACKED.COM It's such a simple premise, says Tim Robinson: One member of a focus group gets mad at another for being teacher's pet. The breakout star is meme-ready meme- Ruben Rabasa, who suggests new car features like a steering wheel that doesn't fly off in your hand while driving. — Vulture, YouTube

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS CRACKED KATHRYN HAHN ACTUALLY SINGS AGATHA ALL ALONG. AGATHA Hahn, who provides the main vocals for the song, says she was both confused and amazed by the song's success- it hit number one on iTunes' Top Soundtracks charts and reached the top five on their main chart. — Bustle & YouTube

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Behind-the-scenes Drama Euphoria Barbie Ferreira had a fight with sam Levinson. Anonymous reports and rampant internet speculation have blamed Kat's reduced role on fight between the actress and the show's creator. CRACKED.COM — Source

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS JONATHAN MAJORS IMPROVISED A LOT. LOK Director Kate Herron says that Majors kept pleasantly surprising the crew with his improvised movements and lines. For example, Majors was never mean to get up on the desk during his chat with the Lokis he randomly did it and the camera team just rolled with it. CRACKED.COM — Comicbook.com

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS GUILTY AS CHARGED WAS INSPIRED BY MERLE HAGGARD. T WALK HARD Songwriter Charlie Wadhams says when he was asked to write the song he was told to imagine Merle Haggard in a trashed hotel room with a bottle of whiskey after he'd just been dumped by his wife. CRACKED.COM — The Ringer

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