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These secretive nuggets have been under wraps long enough!

32 Top Secret Easter Eggs We’re Ready to Blow the Lid Off Of

December 10, 2023

They let us moonlight as investigative journalists today, and boy was it fun. Now we know how it feels to be the first on the scene, jotting down the hot new leads before everyone else gets wise. We found these sneaky little Easter eggs, and we’re drunk on power. You want ‘em don’t ya?! Well, bark like a seal first! Nah, just kidding. We’ll share.

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La La Land

La La Land During the famous dance scene, Mia changes out of her heels and into tap shoes to match Sebastian. We don't see her in heels again until she leaves him. Her shoes symbolize her sacrifice and devotion to him throughout the course of their relationship. CRACKED.COM — Source

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A Clockwork Orange The cricket codpiece is a symbol of privilege, but the droogs subvert it by wearing them outside of their trousers. The codpieces are used both to mock the upper-class, and to attack them with it. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Witch Thomasin is the only one in her family who wears light pink, a color that represents youth and softness. It also stands in contrast to her story arc (as the costume designer notes, pink can mature to red under certain circumstances). CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Graduate Mrs. Robinson is almost always wearing some kind of animal print, symbolizing her predatory behavior. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Little Women

Little Women Laurie and Jo swap a vest during the film, symbolizing both Jo's want to transcend social limitations placed on her gender, and her way of keeping Laurie close to her. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Joker As Arthur's mental state deteriorates and the abuse he endures escalates, his wardrobe becomes darker. CRACKED.COM — Source

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EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES The real philosophers In the series finale, modern philosopher Todd May and UCLA professor Pamela Hieronymi make appearances as Chidi's students.They were both consultants on the show. The Good Place CRACKED.COM — Source

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EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES No one wore saturated red in the first season. YS SALAAS AO DIROT The costume designer revealed that they specifically cut bright red from the wardrobe to hide the fact that the place was actually filled with demons. Quite a bit of redheads, though. The Good Place CRACKED.COM — Source

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EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES RAILWAY STATION NEIGHBORHOOD 12358W The Fibonacci sequence The fake Good Place neighborhood's designation is 12358-W, which are the first numbers in the sequence. Michael's apartment on Earth's address is also 12358. Another frequent number used in the show was 322 (Michael's apartment number, for one), representing the Skull and Bones secret society at Yale University. The creators said they added the numbers solely to troll Reddit users. The Good Place CRACKED.COM — Source

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TRIVIA: A Long-Burn Easter Egg in the Game

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

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Give us a song, Gurney. In Dune, this is what Paul tells Josh Brolin's Gurney to get out of a knife fight with him. In the book-and what Part 1 left out - Gurney Halleck plays the baliset, a fictional instrument that's a cross between a sitar and a mandolin. Scenes with Gurney holding the instrument were filmed but ultimately cut. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM COWBOY ВЕВОР The show's props and weapons master Nick Komornicki revealed that Han Solo's blaster is hiding somewhere on the Bebop. Fans are trying hard to spot the Star Wars Easter egg. — Source

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THERE'S A NOD TO CITIZEN KANE IN JOKER. The Cod At the end of the film, the words The End appear on the screen in the exact same way as it does in the iconic 1941 film. CRACKED.COM — Source

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JAMES GUNN'S PARENTS HAVE CAMEOS IN GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXYVOL.2 They can be spotted in a crowd taking photos/videos, and they're credited in the cast as Weird Old Man and Weird Old Man's Mistress. CRACKED.COM — Source

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THE ORACLE'S COSTUME IN THe MATRIX IS A REFERENCE TO A MICHELANGELO PAINTING It's of Michelangelo's Delphic Sibyl, a Greek oracular figure who wears the same colors the Oracle does. CRACKED.COM — Source

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occupied SPECIMEN the James River valley MIFF ... الخير القهوة GARA ml NOT DETERT - of spirioni محمد la Made For - this The with All you WORK stributo das Servicio ml - Janes vulles Minis de sat فقط other der explorail de auf - - inbot de 19th hist The leg اليوم الله e - 1 MARINE - the Nature With - su de destrovel Missouri de Mas - - SALE with - New ORDO un A discove por ON BY the the gream النشر raki LOS Lakota tribe The Night walt whon presence markh you within the Maroka — Source

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EASTER EGGSTRA Parasite Vertical lines are scattered throughout the movie, showing class divide. More so, whenever there's a distinct or subtle line in the composition, it usually accompanies a moment in the story when a character crosses the line - a major motif in the film. CRACKED.COM — Source

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EASTER EGGSTRA Parasite There's a song reference to a 1964 movie. When the Kims take over the Parks' house while they're away, the song In ginocchio da te by Gianni Morandi plays. Morandi originally sang this song in the film with the same name, where he played a poor soldier who falls in love with a rich woman. CRACKED.COM — Source

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EASTER EGGSTRA Parasite The many staircases and their use during significant moments in the film were inspired by the Bates house in Psycho. Bong is a huge Alfred Hitchcock fan, and he also snuck in some of the filmmaker's movies into the Park family's movie collection. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Get Out There's a reference to The Shining's infamous room 237. TS A and When Rod is at the airport trying to phone Chris, there's an announcement for Flight 237 in the background. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Get Out

Get Out Walter's running shoes are from the same year Jesse Owens ran in the Olympics. Dean tells Chris that his father competed and lost against Jesse Owens in the 1936 Olympics. The costume designer managed to find shoes from that same year for Walter to wear. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Get Out The opening scene gives a shout out to Halloween. Peele says that he wanted the neighborhood we see in the opening scene where Andre gets kidnapped to resemble the perfect white neighborhood we see in Halloween. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Get Out The color red was used during the day party scene to symbolize secret societies. Look closely and you'll see every character sporting a dash of red somewhere in their wardrobe. CRACKED.COM — Source

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- - - - oil TIGUE SCOT SCOTT LAND ANDON TI HUNGRY NI NIGHTS PEO - - I Nature From Critisate SCOTT SCOTT LA You NDON In season 3, the library is filled with books written by Scott Landon, a fictional character in Stephen King's Lisey's Story. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Eternals

The tension between Kro and Thena in Eternals hints at the comics. CRACKED.COM SECOND ADD In the comics the two are soulmates AND with an on-off relationship. They even had twins at one point. — Source

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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 — Source

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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 — Source

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executive producer kevin feige CRACKED.COM HAWKEYE The opening titles honor the comic book- from the colors to the font to the geometric shapes of David Aja's original illustrated work. hawkeye — Source

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Chucky

CHUCKY Chucky hiding in the toilet is a shout-out to the 1985 comedy-horror, Ghoulies. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Mass Effect 3

THE MASS EFFECT 3 NOD TO NASA By following a specific path through the solar panels at the start of the Mars mission, players can see a small rover driving up to them and giving a little nod. It's a reference to the Mars rover programme. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Suicide Squad

THE SUICIDE SQUAD There's a small TV in the prison scene that's screening The Toxic Avenger in the background. CRACKED.COM — Source

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