45 Hidden Jokes and References That We Shook Out of Hollywood’s Pockets While Holding It By the Ankles

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45 Hidden Jokes and References That We Shook Out of Hollywood’s Pockets While Holding It By the Ankles

Be honest, Hollywood. You wanted us to find these. Sure, they were “hidden,” but finding them felt a lot like finding a toddler playing Hide-and-Seek. They were giggling behind a curtain with fully-visible little feet, but we had to search around the room and pretend we didn’t know where they were at first. 

We definitely mean to sound cocky when we say, “Give us a challenge next time, would you?”

Kong: Skull Island

Movie Scenes With Hidden Homages To Other Movies - In Kong: Skull Island, Kong eating the squid is a reference

Polar Express

IN A NOD TO ANOTHER FILM DIRECTED BY ROBERT ZEMECKIS... A FLUX CAPACITOR CAN BE SEEN IN THE ENGINE ROOM IN THE POLAR EXPRESS. CRACKED

Raider Sloth

EASTER EGGS IN '80S MOVIES The Goonies SLOTH WAS AN ACTUAL OAKLAND RAIDER. Sloth wearing an Raiders t-shirt was a cheeky reference to the fact that Sloth's actor, John Matuszak, was a defensive end for the team from 1976 to 1982. CRACKED.COM

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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

Harry Potter

There's a hidden sex joke in the credits for the PG-rated Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. SNIOR PAc STEVEADAMSON Erthe MOTIon CONTRLOL CAALE

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

CRACKED EMERGENCY Schedule Doctor isembowel Kenny Chumsky actice got swing Petracco All Employe Colon surgery Varma must wash Rectal surgery Turdiman KB Bond No before surg SOUTH PARK GIVES A NOD TO A CLASSIC BOND VILLAIN. In South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut, when Kenny is rushed to the hospital, there's a board with the doctors' schedules on it. At the bottom, Dr. No's schedule is to kill Bond.

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Space Jam

EASTER EGGSTRA SPASE JAM The Schlesinger Gym where the Tune Squad practice is a reference to a cartoon producer. FuL SCHLESINGER GYM Leon Schlesinger, whose production company later became Warner Bros. Cartoons studios, brought the Looney Tunes series to life.

WandaVision (One More Time)

WANDAVISION EASTER EGGS AGATHA'S BOOTS ARE A REFERENCE TO THE WIZARD OF OZ. CRACKED CO In the final episode, Agatha gets crushed by a car and disappears - only leaving her boots behind. This is a reference to the Wicked Witch of the East's ruby slippers sticking out after she gets crushed

Home Alone

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.

Batman

EASTER EGGSTRA I BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES THE JIMMY OLSEN REFERENCE SRO HOTEL J.OLSEN AND SONS PHOTOGRAPHE DISCOUNT IN THE EPISODE APPOINTMENT IN CRIME ALLEY THERE'S A TRUCK WITH J. OLSEN AND SONS, PHOTOGRAPHY EQUIP, DISCOUNT PRICES WRITTEN ON IT. IT'S A REFERENCE TO JIMMY OLSEN, THE PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THE DAILY PLANET IN THE SUPERMAN COMICS. CRACKED.COM

Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic the Hedgehog has a shout-out to Apocalypse Now. It's when Dr. Robotnik uses a piece of metal to shave his head -- that's a nod to Colonel Kurtz. CRACKED.COM

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Mark Hamill

EASTER EGGSTRA I BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES A MARK HAMILL JOKE IN MAD LOVE THE JOKER, VOICED BY MARK HAMILL, SAYS MAY THE FLOSS BE WITH YOU! EXCEPT FOR THE OBVIOUS STAR WARS REFERENCE, HAMILL IS ALSO MARRIED TO A DENTAL HYGIENIST. CRACKED.COM

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