42 Hidden Jokes and References That Serve As One Coy Creator’s Little Love Letter to Another

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42 Hidden Jokes and References That Serve As One Coy Creator’s Little Love Letter to Another

If imitation is a form of flattery, then we found a treasure trove of not-so-secret admirers. If they were actually trying to keep their feelings a secret, then we feel terrible for outing them right now. We can’t help that we’re amazing at unearthing hidden jokes and references. 

Can you guys hold off on reading these until we confirm that each one of these creators are cool with us spilling their flattering beans? It shouldn’t take too long.

Batman Forever

Batman Forever has a jab at Tim Burton. Arkham Asylum has a Dr. Burton who shows up now and again, giving Two-Face and Riddler the diagnosis of cra

Zootopia

Zootopid 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

Chicago Hope

Chicago Hope gave Mandy Patinkin's stage career a shout-out. On the show, a mental patient who believes he's Eva Peron says, I know you, to Dr. Geig

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42 Hidden Jokes and References That Serve As One Coy Creator’s Little Love Letter to Another

Shaun of the Dead

Shaun of the Dead has a reference to Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright's TV shoW Spaced. AMIEA In Spaced, he played Tyres O'Flaherty- and in Shaun of the De

Hercules

Lion King's Scar shows up in a grisly way in Hercules. When Hercules poses for he's a vase painting, wearing the lion skin he's known for In classical

South Park

Apparently, James Bond's greatest villain moonlights in a South Park hospital. EMERGENCY Schedule Doctor Cuurnexy Potocoo All Employees Coron emo must

World of Warcraft

If you're doing Booty Bay quests in World of Warcraft, you'l interact with Enormous Shawn Stooker. THE NAME MEANS HUGE PENIS. It's from Young Frankens

Cloverfield

CLOVERFIELD NOT DUPLICATE DO D 6012836 00 :04 :03 :09 RPA 05200 00:18:21:17 9_00:08:53:09 00302250_QR The DHARMA logo from the Lost series appears in the movie during the opening. CRACKED.COM

Death Proof

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Get Out

GET OUT The name Armitage connects the movie to H.P. Lovecraft's The Dunwich Horror, a novella about race mixing. CRACKED.COM

Carrie

CARRIE (1976) Carrie's whole vibe at the end of the film was modeled after Gustave Moreau's 1851 painting The Study of Lady Macbeth. CRACKED.COM

Kong: Skull Island

In Kong: Skull Island, Kong eating the squid is a reference to the squid scene in Oldboy. CRACKED.COM

Die Hard

Die Hard made a nod to a 1920 German silent horror film. In the computer room, the camera uses tilted angles (AKA Dutch angles) a lot, famously used for the first time in 1920's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. CRACKED.COM

Paddington 2

The Paddington 2 scene where Paddington wears a striped prison outfit is a Charlie Chaplin reference. 23 Chaplin is one of the inspirations for Paddington, so they wanted to put in a scene like that. CRACKED.COM

Kill Bill

O-Ren Ishii's kimono in Kill Bill Vol. 1 is modeled after a 1973 revenge flick. Tarantino took a lot from Lady Snowblood, including inspiration for the battle in the snow and the costume O-Ren Ishii wears in that battle. CRACKED.COM

The Dark Knight

The Joker's clown mask in the opening of The Dark Knight is a homage to the 1960s Batman series. His mask looks just like the one Joker wore in his first episode of the show, The Joker is Wild. CRACKED.COM

Guardians of the Galaxy

In Guardians of the Galaxy, the worms in the Collector's collection are worms from Slither - a James Gunn movie from 2006. M THE MAN WHO BROUGHT YOU DAWN OF THE SLITHER wonderfully digestig and twisted 16 ped a would & Ext Noctor de best homor aove de mar for OF بات for - DE YOU MUSIC 2519 100 END - END you - на YOU - CAN FUC www.slithe CRACKED.COM DOS

Jurassic Park

Nedry's wardrobe in Jurassic Park is taken from Goonies. His Hawaiian shirt is a lot like Chunk's, his windbreaker is identical to Mouth's, and in the scene where the dilophosaur kills him, he's dressed just like Mikey. CRACKED.COM

The Incredibles

The Incredibles copied a whole scene from Die Hard With a Vengeance. In the Die Hard movie, a cop points a gun at Samuel L. Jackson (mistakenly thinking he's a bad guy), but Jackson says he has to answer a phone, which he does - - then a bomb blast incapacitates the cop. The exact same things happen in The Incredibles scene when a cop points a gun at Frozone (voiced by Jackson), except Frozone gets a drink instead, and the bomb blast is a freeze ray. CRACKED.COM

The Last Jedi

In The Last Jedi, when Poe asks Finn if he found the hacker and Finn says he found a hacker, that's a nod to Monty Python and the Holy Grail. In that movie, when Prince Herbert announces that Lancelot got his note, Lancelot says he got a note. CRACKED.COM

Game of Thrones

When Daenerys' army is at the gates of Meereen in Game of Thrones, the Champion of Meereen hurls Monty Python insults. His monologue is the French guy's rant (Go and boil your bottoms, sons of a silly person, and so on) from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, translated into Low Valyrian. CRACKED.COM

A Rickle in Time

Tropes subverted by Rick and Morty The obscure reference Obscure references are a comedy staple, so when Rick alludes to Redgren Grumbholdt and then calls out his grandkids for laughing at a made-up name, he's calling out aa whole comedic trope. Seriously, though, Rick's references are out of control, everyone knows that, they're like the golfing sequence in Navy Seals. A Rickle in Time CRACKED.COM

The Invisible Man

The Invisible Man has a Saw reference. Leigh Whannell, writer of Saw and director of The Invisible Man, really likes adding Billy the Puppet in the mo

Us

The brown leather Us glove in the movie is actually a reference to three famous characters. Peele said it references Freddy Krueger, Michael Jackson, and O.J. Simpson. CRACKED.COM

The Good Place

EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES Aussie jokes UNDER WE CRUMB FROM A LAND DOWN ICED $1.50 coffe The art director revealed that, in the third season when the gang goes to Australia, there are references to kangaroos and koalas everywhere. The restaurants also have either a Finding Nemo or some kind of fish reference. The Good Place CRACKED.COM

The Christmas Chronicles 2

Holiday Movies The Christmas Chronicles 2 Polars CINEMA NOW PLAYING BAD SANTA FREE ADMISSION NOW PLAYING ELF FREE ADMITION The film references both Elf and Bad Santa, and both those references support the plot of the movie, too. CRACKED.COM

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Scream

Wes Craven references his other popular franchise in Scream. The horror director briefly appears in his own movie as the high school janitor wearing F

Casino Royale

Casino Royale's Hotel Splendide references the title of a 2000 HOTELSPLENDIDE film also featuring T Daniel Craig. HOTEL AFILM BY PARK CIRCUS TERENCE

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