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Fresh from the Easter egg farm! That’s a thing, right?

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January 20, 2024

We get this question all the time, so we’d like to formally answer it once and for all: Yes, we don a little red hood and cape combo and frolic giddily whilst gathering these Easter eggs. Each piece of pop culture is pranced through like a wild flower laden meadow, and no matter how thick the grass may be, we find those eggs! As you can imagine, it’s a ton of fun.

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GRACKED TOY STORY'S LINK TO THE SHINING. Sid's room bears an uncanny resemblance to the Overlook Hotel. The carpet is identical to the hotel's carpet, and the number 237 appears throughout the film (a reference to Jack's spooky hotel room). — Source

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CRACKED BELLE CAN BE SEEN IN THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME. As Quasimodo is looking down on the city below, Belle from Beauty and the Beast is walking with her nose stuck in a book. Both movies take place in France, so this makes sense. — Source

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GRACKED THE DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE AND PULP FICTION CONNECTION. In Pulp Fiction, Bruce Willis sings Flowers on the Wall over the soundtrack. Then, when he's asked how he's been in Die Hard with a Vengeance, he responds with the lyrics from the song, smoking cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo. — Source

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GRACKED FIGHT CLUB'S WARNING HAS A MESSAGE FROM TYLER DURDEN. At the beginning of the movie, the FBI warning is an entire speech from Durden. It ends with: Stop the excessive shopping and masturbation. Quit your job. Start a fight. Prove you're alive. If you don't claim your humanity you will become a statistic. You have been warned....... Tyler. — Source

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CRACKED BEAUTY AND THE BEAST CHARACTERS HAVE CAMEOS IN TARZAN. Before Terk, Tantor, and some ape pals trash the camp, we see (faceless) Mrs. Potts and Chip among the unpacked items. Chip even has his little chip. — Source

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CRACKED TOKFZA SCREAM INCLUDED A SOLID NOD TO THE EXORCIST. Director Wes Craven brought in The Exorcist star Linda Blair for a cameo as a reporter. It's a clear tribute to one of the best horror films of all time. — Source

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GRACKED WE CAN SEE E.T.'S PALS IN STAR WARS: THE PHANTOM MENACE. George Lucas confirmed that 3 members of the Galactic Senate are members of the same species as Е.Т. This returned the favor, since Spielberg included a Yoda costume in Е.Т. — Source

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THERE'S AN ELFJOKE IN EUROVISION SONG CONTEST: THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA. Will Ferrell said that his character Lars's hate for elves was literally meant to be a joking reference to his character, Buddy the Elf. Не was pretty surprised that no one got the subtext. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Devil All the Time

THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME CRACKED.COM Early in the movie young Arvin can be seen reading a Charlton comic book. Charlton Comics was founded in 1945, and while they published some super gory horror comics (at least, for that time), the publisher also launched the careers of many famous comics creators including Steve Ditko who-wink to Tom Holland- co-created Spider-Man. COMICS SPT I ROM who HAUNITED 07 — Source

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Spider-Man: No Way Home

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 — Source

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Bob Odenkirk's cameo in Halloween Kills 111 BREAKING NEWS COMMUNITY IN SHOCK OVER MULTIPLE MURDERS ACES 11 EVENING SENT - CRACKED.COM His high school photo was used to represent Bob who got killed in the first movie. The director didn't have the rights to use an image of the original actor, John Michael Graham, so they had to find someone who resembled the actor, and Odenkirk's mug was it. — Source

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Dune

The Easter egg Jason Momoa snuck into Dune for his son. For his climactic fight in the movie, Momoa included moves from the native Filipino martial art, Kali. Не specifically chose these moves because his kid practices Kali, too, and said it was his way of signalling to his son. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Boogie Nights

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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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 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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Avengers: Age of Ultron

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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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 — Source

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There's a Harvey Weinstein diss hidden in THe LORD OF THe RINGS It's no secret that Peter Jackson had troubles with Weinstein and his Miramax company over LotR, and Elijah Wood revealed that the props department modeled one of the orc masks to look like Weinstein in a show of contempt. CRACKED COM — Source

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Squid Game

THE TWIST OF THE OLD MAN WAS HINTED AT THROUGHOUT SQUID GAme 001 But one sneaky reveal happened when the policeman who infiltrated the game facility looked at the records book where the players' profiles started not at 001, but 002. CRACKED DOM — Source

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REDDITORS SPOTTED A MORSE CODE IN A SPACEX PROMO PICTURE SNEEK When SpaceX posted a crew portrait online, some Reddit users quickly picked up on the fact that the background contained morse code. The cryptic Easter egg read ad astra which means to the stars. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Hulk #181

THE TRAILER FOR MARVEL'S WOLVERINE GAME HAS A HULK COMIC EASTER EGG. COKA Made ALE 585 SINCE - BLK 181 A license plate with HLK 181 can be spotted behind the bar. It's a reference to the 1974 Marvel issue, Incredible Hulk #181-And Now... The Wolverine! CRACKED.COM — Source

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GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE Director Jason Reitman revealed that he paid many tributes to his dad Ivan Reitman's past films. Paul Rudd's character talks about Cujo in his class and says it's like if Beethoven got rabies (Beethoven was produced by Reitman). There's also a theatre in the movie showing Cannibal Girls. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE The symmetrical book stacking that Ray says refers to the Philadelphia Mass Turbulence of 1947 in the first film can be seen more than once in the background throughout the new movie. — Source

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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 — Source

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Coco Easter Eggs

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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Thor: The Dark World

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 — Source

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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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