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36 Hidden Jokes and Messages Buried Deep Inside of Familiar TV Shows and Movies

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36 Hidden Jokes and Messages Buried Deep Inside of Familiar TV Shows and Movies

March 23, 2024

This list was a nice reminder that filmmakers are fans just like us. If anything, it proved that they might be way bigger fans than us. Some could view their fandom as a tad creepy, honestly. For instance, you might never think that Avengers: Infinity War and Arrested Development had anything to do with each other, until you see Tobias Funke and his never-nude jorts in The Collector’s display case. What’s up with that, Russo Brothers?

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CRACKED.COM The Starfleet vessel USS Brattain's ship motto (on its dedication plaque) is taken from Gilligan's Island. STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION The motto is .. a three hour tour, a three hour tour, which is straight from the Gilligan's Island theme song lyrics. Why? The Brattain ran into a spatial anomaly and, like the ship in Gilligan's Island, got shipwrecked. — Source

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The Whos in THE GRINCH are SWINGERS! The annual Whoville Christmas party is actually a KEY PARTY, a popular game played by wife swappers. GRAGKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM OSMOSiS JONES takes place inside a human body, but kids might have trouble getting this joke. OUR FOUNDER There is a scene with a monument that reads Our Founder with the statue of an sperm cell on top. — Source

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Apu Easter Egg

DO NOT ACCEPT CHECKS FROM: CHIEF WIGGUM REVEREND LOVEJOY. HOMER J. SIMPSON HOMER S. SIMPSON H.J. SIMPSON CRACKED.COM HOMOR SIMPSON HOMER J. FONG SIMPSONS THE In the episode Homer and Apu, this sign in the Kwik- E-Mart is a treat for observant viewers. — Source

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MO52584 ESC D - 7 O 2 и TAB a W E R - V ENTER T L с CAPS D - H J K un z x C B SKI HIFT < B N M RL Old Man McGucket's laptop in Gravity Falls has a key for the symbol of The Artist Formerly Known As Prince. CRACKED.COM — Source

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UNITED NATIONS In South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, the flag display outside the United Nations includes the Jolly Roger and an LGBT Pride flag. CRACKED.COM — Source

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In Finding Nemo, Deb thinks her reflection in the fish tank's glass is her sister Flo, who seems to be a product of Deb's imagination. bobbies Siephell ROOI Deb (& Flo) Vicki Lewis Le Yet Vicki Lewis is credited as voicing Deb (& Flo). CRACKED.COM — Source

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Potter There's a disclaimer the Harry special OF FIRE in credits that would made PETA happy. AGEMENT ROUGHTRADER COURTYARD MANAGEMENT 3KHZ MANAGEMENT NO DRAGONS WERE HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS MOVIE MADE ON LOCATION IN ENGLAND & SCOTLAND & AT LEAVESDEN STUDIOS, PINEWOOD STUDIOS & SHEPPERTON STUDIOS, LONDON. CAMERAS & LENSES SUPPLIED BY No dragons were harmed, yes, but Cedric was. CRACKED COM 10th Potter — Source

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Right after the FBI warning and the Attention message in FIGHT CLUB... WARNING If you are reading this then this warning is for you, Every word you read of this useless fine print is another second off your life. Don't you have other things to do? Is your life so empty that you honestly can't think of a better way to spend these moments? Or are you so impressed with authority that you give respect and credence to all who claim it? Do you read everything you're supposed to read? Do you think everything you're supposed to think? Buy what — Source

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HOTEL КОВФЕФЕ ARTEMIS In the final scene, a character can be seen flipping a switch with the word 'КОВФЕФЕ printed on it. The word is 'covfefe' written in Russian alphabet, meant to poke fun at President Trump's infamous Twitter mishap. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM ANDFOR HOT FUZZ POLICE Danny throws a DVD into a supermarket basket. For a brief second, we see a cut-price DVD of the director's previous film, Shaun of the Dead, now renamed Zombies Party-which was the release title in certain countries. IN INSTANT CURT CLASSIC THE IS 16 SMORTEL 18158 CIDROY 100 ART SHAUN OF THE £4.99 I ZOMBIES DE SARTY - - DVD — Source

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As the gang trades Canadian jokes in How I Met Your Mother's The Rehearsal Dinner (S9E12), we are treated to the life and times of a couple in the background. It ends with the GRACKED.COM wife, who is now old, weeping next to her husband's ashes. — Source

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GRACKED.COM MSSMEL SCOTT to Double Certificate Of Authenticity The resigned the MICHAEL SCOTT is the proud owner of a Quality Seyko timepiece CERTIFICATE NUNDER the office In his office, Michael Scott has a framed certificate of authenticity for his watch. Note that it's for a Quality Seyko, not for a Seiko watch. Не was tricked into buying a knock-off and lets the world know. — Source

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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

CRACKED COM SPIDER-MAN INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE While Miles Morales is visiting his uncle Aaron in his apartment, the TV is on. 11 And the TV is showing an episode of Community, which features Donald Glover in Spider-Man pyjamas. — Source

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36 Hidden Jokes and Messages Buried Deep Inside of Familiar TV Shows and Movies — Source

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CRACKED COM BABY DRIVER Baby has such a massive crush on Debora that the black heart graffiti btoo notton turns red as soon nood as he sees her. SONTOS — Source

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AVENGERS WAR CRACKED.COM INFINITY MARVEL STUDIOS That blue guy chilling in The Collector's display case? Don't mind him. That's just Tobias Fünke from Arrested Development. — Source

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CRACKED.COM Aladdín and the KINGOTHIEVES The Earth starts shaking during the wedding of Aladdin and Jasmine. Genie responds with: I thought the Earth wasn't supposed to move until the honeymoon. — Source

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Liz Lemon's favorite cheese snacks in 30 Rock have the saddest flavor in the world. DIRE DISMING WEEK SABOR TDL SOLEDADIE I YA EOMU CALURENTES Their name is Sabor de Soledad, or in Spanish, Taste of Loneliness. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Mr. Garrison's alphabet is hiding an angry message. In two South Park episodes, Chickenlover and Ike's Wee Wee, the alphabet actually says, Dios Mio han matado ha (sic) Kenny, Bastardos, or, in Spanish, Oh my God they killed Kenny, you bastards! CRACKED.COM — Source

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Rick and Morty really, really rubbed it in for Jerry in Season 3. 55 Not only does the wind whisper loser when he's around, but spineless, insecure Jerry wears a robe with a Chinese symbol that means weak. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Silicon Valley trolled its own hardcore fans. 01100110 01101001 01101110 01100100 00100000 01100001 00100000 01101000 01101111 01100010 01100010 01111001 00100000 01100110 01101111 01110010 00100000 01100111 01101111 01100100 00100111 10100110 TOCCOTTO 00000100 01100110 01101001 01101110 01100100 00100000 01 00001 00100000 01100118 00000100 TODIIIIO 01000110 01000110 IIIIOIIO 01101111 01110010 00100000 01 11100100 00100110 11110110 IIIO a 11001110 00000100 11001110 10100118 Herette 100 01110110 тевтетте 01100118 00 0010 00000 01100001 00100000 BOOTOITE IIIIOITO 110 01111001 00100000 01100110 01101111 01110010 00100000 111 01101111 01100100 00100111 01110011 00100000 01110011 10100110 HOTEL 100 In the fifth season's trailer, Gavin Belson speaks in front of a screen — Source

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Gravity Falls' Latin gibberish contains scathing pop culture criticism. The fake Latin incantation Dipper uses to enter Stan's mind includes the phrase Inceptus Nolanus overratus, or, Nolan's Inception is overrated. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Apparently, Godzilla ravaged the world of Jurassic Park. In The Lost World: Jurassic Park, there's a shot of terrified Japanese businessmen running from the rampaging T-Rex, shouting in Japanese, We left Tokyo to get away from this! CRACKED.COM — Source

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2014's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles brings the comic's creators into the Turtles universe. FASTMAN & LARL BY The Art of Ninjutsu handbook that Splinter finds and that enables him to become the turtles' martial arts trainer is written by Eastman & Laird, creators of TMNT. So, appropriately, Eastman & Laird made the Ninja Turtles in-universe, too. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Zootopia continues a joke started by Frozen. In Frozen, Alan Tudyk voiced bad guy the Duke of Weselton (who demanded people stop calling him the Duke of Weasel Town). In Zootopia, Tudyk is again a bad guy, called Duke Weaselton. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Angus, Sherlock's phrenology bust in Elementary, is a nod to other brilliant investigators. In House, House had a phrenology bust, which one of the writers kept after the show ended. Later, the writer created Angus on Elementary as a nod to House. Both are also nods to Arthur Conan Doyle's Holmes, a noted phrenologist. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Adult Jokes in Children's Entertainment TAR Rugrats ME HOME Adult Video Tommy's grandpa shows Tommy and Chucky several tapes, including one for after they go to sleep. Its title? Lonely Space Vixens. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Adult Jokes in Children's Entertainment Justice League Being the Fastest Man Alive Isn't Always a Good Thing That's what Hawkgirl implies after Flash brags about being faster than anyone. She says that's why he can't get a date. CRACKED.COM — Source

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2016's The Jungle Book took something from Saturday Night Live into the jungle. While Louie (played by Christopher Walken) sleeps, Mowgli goes through his things and finds a cowbell, which wakes him up. The whole thing is a nod to Walken's More cowbell SNL skit. CRACKED.COM — Source

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STARGÅTE SG.1 Lt. Colonel Samantha Carter: The Stargate program just doesn't get the support it used to from the people in charge. Jacek: Why not? Eureka was the show slated to replace Dr. Bill Lee: Eureka! Stargate SG-1 in SyFy's lineup. CRACKED.COM — Source

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36 Hidden Jokes and Messages Buried Deep Inside of Familiar TV Shows and Movies — Source

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Adult Jokes in Children's Entertainment The Flintstones Barney's New Head While looking for a costume, Fred makes a joke about Barney getting a costume with a second head. Barney jokes back, Why do I need three of 'em? CRACKED.COM — Source

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Adult Jokes in Children's Entertainment E ON-ONE OT REMEMBER iNE BE Hot BE NAUGHT BE Courteo Rocko's Modern Life Rocko's XXX Life Where to start? The Chokey Chicken restraurant? Rocko's stint as a sex phone operator? Heffer's milking machine-induced orgasm? It's a wonder the show lasted as long as it did. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Adult Jokes in Children's Entertainment Cow and Chicken Rug Munching Cow And Chicken featured the Buffalo Gals, a gang of women bikers who literally begin munching the rug, because subtlety is for the weak. CRACKED.COM — Source

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