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January 01, 2024

Okay, because we’re nice (and we secretly love lording it over you), here are some of life’s greatest cheat codes. Don’t worry, they aren’t those lame “it’s the journey, not the destination” type cheat codes. You have every influencer on the planet for that crap. These are the “Jurassic Park and Face/Off are in the same universe” type cheat codes that you’ll actually use.

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The author writes a love note in her own book. MARGARET ATWOOD THE HANDMAID'S TALE CRACKED.COM In the novel The Handmaid's Tale, there's not a lot of non-sanctioned love going on in dystopian New England, which makes the appearance of М. loves G. 1972 carved into a desk that much more intriguing. The individuals behind the message aren't characters in the book, but rather the author Margaret Atwood and the man she married in 1972, Greame Gibson. — Source

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A minor character in Harry Potter is a tribute to a real fan. Harry Potter AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE CRACKED.COM In 1999 when she was still a hero to children everywhere, J.K. Rowling received a communication about a fan with Leukemia named Natalie. Rowling responded with the future storylines of all the books' characters, but unfortunately it was too late and Natalie never saw. In honor of her, Rowling added Natalie as a named character in The Goblet of Fire. — Source

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Bunnies hidden in plain sight. PLAYBOY ENTERTAINMENT FOR MEN SPOR 1994 454.95 A NASTY TODAY'S SPECIAL! INTERVIEW THE WITH GIRLS OF HOWARD HOOTERS STERN NOOTERI THE RUSSIAN CRACKED.COM It may be hard to concentrate on anything as boob-adjacent as this, but if you look closely at the cover of any Playboy publication you'll find a hidden bunny. Since the 1960's, these rascally rabbits have hid in anything from beer foam, to shoelaces, silk sheets, and page tears. — Source

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Spider-Man and his itsy-bitsy friends. MARVEL AMAZING SPIDER-MAN - THE NATURAL 302 CRACKED GOM Comic artist Todd McFarlane would hide spiders on the cover of his Amazing Spider-Man issues, beginning at #303, woven into the fabric of the illustration. If you're having trouble seeing all the sneaky arachnids, just look at the number next to McFarlane's signature to see how many there are to find. — Source

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Harrison Ford's influence knows no time or space. LEGENDS STAR WARS THE PARADISE ESNARE THE HAN SOLO TRILOGY BOOK A. C. CRISPIN CRACKED.COM In volume one of the 1997 Han Solo trilogy, The Paradise Snare, it's revealed that Han uses the alias Jenos Idanian in the events prior to A New Hope. Unscrambling the name and switching the order will give you Indiana Jones, which hardcore movie fans recognize as another character played by Harrison Ford. — Source

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Paul and Linda McCartney

CRACKED COM IN THE ePISODe OF THE SIMPSONS WHeRe LISA Becomes A veGeTARIAN AND meets PAUL MCCARtdey, МАуве I'M AMAZeD PLAYS over THE CLOSING SCREDITS. THE SIMPSONS STAFF RemixeD IT to INCLUDe A BACKWARDS TRACK OF MCCARTNEY READING A Recipe FOR LENTIL SOUP. нат — Source

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Boogie Nights has a nod to Raging Bull. The last scene, when Dirk Diggler talks to himself in the mirror, is an homage to the last scene of Raging Bull - where pretty much the same thing happens. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Bumblebee has a shout-out to John Carpenter. DRAGON OF THE BLACK DRAGON OF THE TOOL BLACK POOL CANTONESE CANTONESE CUISINE CUISINE They snuck the facade of Wang Chi's eatery in Big Trouble in Little China, into the background of the town in Bumblebee. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Zoolander

Mugatu in Zoolander is named after a Star Trek monster. خمصة Star Trek's Mugato is a giant ape-like monster that showed up in the original series. CRACKED.COM — Source

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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 — Source

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Tangled has a shout-out to Lion King. In the I Have A Dream scene, Pumbaa is in the Snuggly Duckling tavern. CRACKED.COM — Source

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One of Tony's Als in Avengers: Age of Ultron is from Big Hero 6. EXOUTA PRIDAY ADAS One of the labels says Tadashi, and Tadashi Hamada is the creator of Baymax in Big Hero 6. CRACKED.COM — Source

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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. CRACKED.COM — Source

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NROX Кояп iSsues If you listen to Am I Going Crazy? off of Korn's 1999 album Issues, you'll probably notice some eerie, peculiar noises in the background. Turns out, those noises are the song itself in reverse. In other words, if you play the track backwards it's pretty much the exact same song. Sources: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX7BxCecutw GRAGKED.COM http://www.youtube.com/atch?v=PEm5sXBhsCo — Source

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CRACKED.COM BACKS THE TO FUTURE JUST SHY OF 3 MINUTES INTO THE HUEY LEWIS SONG BACK IN TIME, YOU CAN HEAR A VOICE IN THE BACKGROUND WHISPER, GET BACK, MARTY. — Source

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Pink Floyd's The Great Gig in the Sky at 3:35, listen closely for: if you hear whispering, you're dying The words are whispered. How's that for creepy? CRACKED.COM — Source

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Tool

CRACKED.COM TOOL'S UNSETTLING SONG 'DIER VON SATANI FROM THE ALBUM AENIMA IS SPOKEN IN GERMAN. BUT WHEN TRANSLATED IT REVEALS... ...A cookie recipe. http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2900 — Source

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CROSSOVER EASTER EGGS ALIEN AND PREDATOR An alien skull hanging on a Predator ship wall in Predator 2 led to a long-awaited crossover. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM CROSSOVER EASTER EGGS ST. ELSEWHERE AND CHEERS Not only did St. Elsewhere keep dropping references to other shows, but an episode takes place in the bar from Cheers. — Source

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CROSSOVER EASTER EGGS E.T. AND STAR WARS E.T.'s startled reaction to Yoda implies what The Phantom Menace shows - that they belong in the same universe. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM CROSSOVER EASTER EGGS PIXAR MOVIES The Pizza Planet truck appears in pretty much every movie made by Pixar. PISTON CUP Chick — Source

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CROSSOVER EASTER EGGS SUPERNATURAL AND HELLBLAZER Castiel's demeanor and clothes were based on DC's demon hunter John Constantine. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CROSSOVER EASTER EGGS KANG THE CONQUEROR IN MOON KNIGHT One of Kang's Egyptian variants appears on a thug's jacket in Moon Knight. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM ? CROSSOVER EASTER EGGS GRAVITY FALLS AND RICK AND MORTY Grunkle Stan's things are sucked into a portal - and then fall out of another portal in front of several Ricks. — Source

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WARNER DROOK AND PARAMOUNT PICTU BOAR IFE CROSSOVER EASTER EGGS WATCHMEN AND BATMAN A couple looking a lot like Thomas and Martha Wayne exit a theater just as Nite Owl knocks the lights out of their would-be robber. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Coco has a couple of nods to The Shining. When Dante wakes up, there's an axe behind him-- it's one of the axes from The Shining. And there's a red drum, too, which is an elaborate reference to Redrum. CRACKED.COM — Source

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In Aladdin, a lot of the scene where Aladdin takes the lamp was lifted from Raiders of the Lost Ark. The filmmakers even apologized to Spielberg for stealing so much of the imagery, but he said that was okay, because he'd stolen it from other movies. CRACKED.COM — Source

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In Thor: The Dark World, a simple Loki gesture is actually a Steve McQueen homage. When Loki lies on his bunk and tosses his cup in the air, then catches it, that's a reference to Steve McQueen's character doing the same thing with a baseball in solitary confinement in The Great Escape. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Athena in Kong: Skull Island has an homage to Alien. ٨ I I С V ATHENA Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts deliberately made the lettering on the ship reminiscent of Alien, to make the ship his dumb, unnecessary nod to that movie. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Iron Giant

The tentacles on The Iron Giant's back were an old-school movie reference. They were Brad Bird's way of paying homage to the 1953 The War of the Worlds movie. CRACKED.COM

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The Fate of the Furious director F. Gary Gray put in an homage to his first film, Friday. It's when Tej says Hey Miss Parker, and it's kind of his substitute for a director cameo (which he doesn't like to do, because he's a terrible actor, he says) - in Friday, Ice Cube and Chris Tucker call out Hey Miss Parker to a girl in their neighborhood. CRACKED.COM — Source

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John Wick: Chapter 3 put in an homage to The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. John Wick putting together a gun from the components of different guns is basically lifted straight from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, where Tuco does the same thing --including listening to the cylinder. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Apparently, Jurassic Park and Face/Off are in the same universe. C.R35 Gen There's an InGen container in a Face/Off scene --that's the company that brought Jurassic Park's dinos back to life. CRACKED.COM — Source

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