45 Sneaky Little Easter Eggs Hidden on the Screen and Out in the Real World

The Easter Bunny is hopping in and out of your screen like Arnie in ‘Last Action Hero’
45 Sneaky Little Easter Eggs Hidden on the Screen and Out in the Real World

With this many fun little Easter eggs strewn about the world, there’s no reason you shouldn’t be stumbling upon at least two or three per day. Seriously, even if you missed the plethora of them hidden in your favorite movies and shows, then you’ll surely trip over a couple on your way to work in the morning.

Like our toddlers on Easter morning, we’ll help you find this batch. But next time, you’re on your own, kiddo. 

Goodwill

The smiley face of the Goodwill Industries logo OODWI BOY'S SUGARS goodwill CRACKED.COM is also the g in the beginning of the nonprofit company's name.

Cathedrals

Many cathedrals have a cruciform plan; that is, if CRACKED.COM you see them from above (as God would), they look like a cross. Washington National Chartres Cathedral, Cathedral, USA France Peterborough Amiens Cathedral, Cathedral, UK France

Cyber Command

The U.S. CYBER COMMAND STATES Cyber Command UNITED emblem contains a hidden code. ~ When cracked, the 9 32 character string م ~ translates into the unit's (lengthy) mission statement: USCYBERCOM plans, coordinates, integrates, synchronizes and conducts activities to... ensure US/Allied freedom of action in cyberspace and deny the same to our adversaries. GRAGKED.COM

George Washington University

The George Washington Colonials logo... ...contains the Washington monument. CRACKED.COM

Amazon

Not only does the arrow under the Amazon logo look like a smile, but also it emphasizes that the company carries everything from A to z. amazon CRACKED.COM

The Lincoln Memorial

Under the Lincoln Memorial, there's a cavern with dirty graffiti. The Memorial is kept up by support beams, which are in a Moria-esque underground hall. And the construction workers must have been really bored, because they left it full of graffiti that's a mix of porn doodles and dirty words. One just says boobies. CRACKED.COM

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45 Sneaky Little Easter Eggs Hidden on the Screen and Out in the Real World

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45 Sneaky Little Easter Eggs Hidden on the Screen and Out in the Real World

Ubuntu

Ubuntu's logo features a circle of three friends holding each other's hands. The name Ubuntu comes from a South African humanist philosophy, which translates to I am because we are. CRACKED COM

The Tour de France

GRAGKED.COM le de TOUR france The Tour de France logo hides a cyclist on a bike. See it now? The yellow circle isn't just there for the bicycle OUR though; it represents the yellow jerseys given france to the winning cyclists at different points of the race.

Radio City Music Hall

Radio City Music Hall has a swanky apartment. Radio City built it for its first impresario, Samuel Roxy Rothafel, who had brought in a ton of top-shelf acts. It became his bachelor pad and party venue. And today, it could be yours - it's been kept in top shape, and is up for rent. CRACKED.COM

The Leaning Tower of Pisa

The Leaning Tower of Pisa contains an empty tube. The Tower of Pisa is actually a bell tower for the nearby cathedral, and there's literally nothing inside it. Aside from the ginormous bell, of course. CRACKED.COM

Black Widow

BLACK WIDOW David Harbour explained that his character the Red Guardian's chest tattoo is a pretty intricate Russian prison tattoo that initially looked a bit too much like the Nazi eagles, so they added the parapets. The tower parapets represent the amount of time a person has spent in prison. CRACKED.COM

Spider-Man: Homecoming

SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING has a scene where Michael Keaton's Vulture flies in front of the moon, recreating a shot from Burton's Batman (1989) starring Keaton. CRACKED.COM

Jeep

JEEP Younger folks might not know that these cars come with hidden Easter eggs (mostly images of animals) that's been a tradition for one of its designers since the '90s. CRACKED.COM

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Leatherface is hiding in the poster for the new TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE The film is said to be a direct sequel to the original. CRACKED.COM

The Last of Us

THE LAST OF US Easter egg in the prologue that everybody missed. It took seven years for people to discover that, after completing a series of specific and somewhat convoluted actions, a cordyceps-infected ant will appear on Joel's TV screen. GRACKED.COM

Spider-Man

The SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME toy 77.534 The black-and-gold suit sports the number 77-543 all over. It's a reference to 1999's Amazing Spider-Man #534 which showed the aftermath of Peter Parker revealing his secret identity to the world. CRACKED.COM

Squid Game

SQUID GAME In Netflix's new Korean series, all the games the competitors need to play to survive and win the cash prize are secretly illustrated on the back walls. 218 CRACKED.COM

The Washington Monument

The Washington Monument has a tiny, hidden twin. A 12-foot replica of the Monument is buried right next to it. It was built in the 1880s as a surveyor's tool-they'd use its scale to verify readings. The ground level rose over time, and the Mini Monument was encased in a tube, buried, and forgotten. CRACKED.COM

Mt. Rushmore

There's a creepy secret chamber inside Mt. Rushmore. Its sculptor, Gutzon Borglum, wanted Mt. Rushmore to have a Hall of Records, where historic American documents would be stored. When he died in 1941, it was unfinished. In 1998, the government put a sealed titanium vault with copies of important documents in there. So he kinda got his wish. CRACKED.COM

Disney World

Disney World is hiding an abandoned island. Disney used it as a wildlife observatory, but shut it down in 1999 when they opened Animal Kingdom and moved all the animals there. Today, it's an overgrown jungle of empty animal cages, ruled by vultures (the actual kind, not the cartoon Disney kind). CRACKED.COM

Harry Potter

The clock tower Harry Potter flew over has a fancy apartment. Inside the St. Pancras clock tower, there's an apartment with ridiculously high ceilings and two bedrooms. Unfortunately, since it's literally on top of a train station, neither bedroom can give you a good night's sleep. CRACKED.COM

The Capitol

There are three tiny flagpoles on the Capitol. They're used for the Capitol Flag Program, through which you can buy flags flown over the Capitol. The flags fly on one of these flagpoles, not the real flagpole, for all of 30 seconds before they're packed and shipped. CRACKED.COM

The Eiffel Tower

A luxury apartment sits at the top of the Eiffel Tower. Gustave Eiffel had it built for himself when the tower went up, and kept it secret for a long time. He'd get offered crazy sums for a night in it, but always said no. It didn't open to the public until 2015, 90 years after he died. CRACKED.COM

Promising Young Woman

CASSIE'S HAIRSTYLE IN PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN WAS MODELED AFTER BRIDGET BARDOT. The stylist wanted to hide the character behind an armor of hair, and used the '60s French celebrity as reference. CRACKED.COM

Red Dead Redemption 2

S.Gray 1846 THE REAL ROCK IN RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2. Between the town of Valentine and Emerald Ranch there's a rock near the trail with characters like Frank Heck and Otis Miller's names on it. It's a reference to a very real location where settlers would carve their names into a rock. CRACKED.COM

Palm Springs

ALL THE COSTUME NODS TO FAMOUS MOVIES IN PALM SPRINGS. Andy Samberg's character Nyles' red Hawaiian shirt is a nod to the one Leonardo DiCaprio wears in Romeo + Juliet, and the nudie suit that Trevor wears is a nod to Punch-Drunk Love. CRACKED.COM

Aaron Sorkin

THE AARON SORKIN RUNNING JOKE IN THE TRIAL OF CHICAGO 7. First used in The West Wing and now in the 2020 film, Sorkin's joke goes like this: Why do they only eat one egg for breakfast in France? Because in France, one egg is un oeuf. (Un oeuf means one egg, and it kind of sounds like enough.) - - CRACKED.COM

Lucky Number 13

TAYLOR SWIFT'S LUCKY NUMBER 13 THAT FEATURES IN HER VIDEO ALL TOO WELL: A SHORT FILM The film begins at the 0:13 mark with the woman asking, Are you for real? At the 13:00 mark, a scroll comes up that reads Written & Directed by Taylor Swift. CRACKED.COM

Scream

THE гогг SCREAM FILM'S NEWLY RELEASED IMAGE HAS AN HOMAGE TO WES CRAVEN. Fans spotted Wes Craven's white fedora hat hanging in the corner. CRACKED.COM

The Last of Us

THE LAST OF US HOMAGES IN LOVE AND MONSTERS The director said that the game inspired him quite a bit, so not only did he name the protagonist Joel (same as the protagonist's name in the game), but Joel also wears the same kind of sunset t-shirt as Ellie. CRACKED.COM

Hidden in the Flowers

The cover of the Rolling Stones album Their Satanic Majesties Request, has the faces of their rivals, The Beatles, hidden in the flowers. Ringo Paul George John GRACKED.COM

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Monsters, Inc.

The Hidden City Cafe from Monsters Inc. was a real place. 990 dies cappuccino espresso HIDDEN CITY COR emcruls Herr Seream ROLLING Shortage Looms BLAC

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The Basilica of St. Francis

CRACKED Giotto's 13th century frescoes in the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi had a hidden secret for centuries - nobody could get up high enough to spot a side-on portrait of Satan hidden in the clouds.

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