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40 Random Bits of TV and Movie Trivia That Are Like a Post-Credit Scene for Your Brain

September 12, 2024

Donnie Darko borrowed from that most spooky story, Through the Looking-Glass.

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easter eggstra meanings and references THE EXPANSE The Shining The iconic carpet makes a cameo during the first episode of season five. CRACKED.COM — Source: CBR

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EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES ANT-MAN Kretain THE PINCODOCE understand PINGO DOCE POSTER The poster advertising the green soda can be seen behind Scott in -Man. For those who don't remember, it's the soda Bruce Banner was bottling in The Incredible Hulk. CRACKED.COM — Source

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SPECIMEN EASTER EGGSTRA! INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Spidey O's AT THE START OF THE FILM, SPIDER-MA BRAGS THAT HE'S EVEN BEEN A CEREAL .BREAKFAST. CRACKED COM SPIDEYO'S IS BASED ON A CEREAL FROM 1995 MADE UP OF CRUNCHY RICE CEREAL AND MARSHMALLOWS IN THE SHAPE OF SPIDER- MAN SYMBOLS — The Hollywood Reporter

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EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES The non-international airport. RANDY NON- IINTERNATIONAL MACHO MAN SAVAGE AIRPORT It's a visual gag to show how Randy Macho Man Savage International. Airport lost its credibility. The Good Place CRACKED.COM — Source

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EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES AND MEANINGS Bunnies, DOnnie Darko Where. The most obvious one comes in the form of the famous song in the movie, The Killing Moon by Echo & The Bunnymen. At one point a Volkswagen Rabbit drives by at a bus stop, and Donnie's sister Elizabeth has a stuffed rabbit where she sleeps. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Wrap

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EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES & HIDDEN MEANINGS Who fromed ROGER RABBIT Steven Spielberg's cameo The producer has a sketch that can be spotted behind Roger and Jessica Rabbit in a wallet photo. Spielberg was instrumental in negotiating the usage of all the cartoon characters featured in the movie. CRACKED.COM — IndieWire

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EASTER EGGSTRA SPACE There are pro-union CRM messages scattered throughout the film. The 1940s was considered the golden era in animation. It was also the era of labor strikes and picketing animators who, in 1945, famously clashed with Burbank police outside Warner Bros. studios. CRACKED.COM — Source

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EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES No one wore saturated red in the first season. 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 REFERENCES AND MEANINGS DOnnie Darko The opening question is Where Donnie? In the beginning of the film we see Donnie travel and arrive home. He walks into the kitchen where he reads the question on the little whiteboard: Where is Donnie? It's the question of the entire movie, and immediately sets the existential and metaphysical tone of the film. CRACKED.COM — Source: A Phenomenological Approach to Donnie Darko

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EASTER EGGSTRA I BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES THE CASABLANCA REFERENCE IN THE EPISODE ALMOST GOT 'IM, POISON IVY HAS A RESEMBLANCE TO ILSA IN CASABLANCA, EVEN DOWN TO HOW THE SHADOWS FALL ACROSS HER FACE. CRACKED.COM — DC Kids video clip

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EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES The stolen signs DANGER OPEN PIT COMBESTINE Donkey Doug's apartment is filled with stolen signs from around Jacksonville. Among these, one from Parks and Recreation that reads, Danger: Open Pit. The Good Place CRACKED.COM — Source

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EASTER EGGSTRA! INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Romita Ramen OPEN The shop is a shout-out to Spider-Man artist John Romita Sr. While Steve Ditko was Spidey's first artist, Romita Sr. used Ditko's creation and redesigned the character to make him look like the lean, muscular hero he is today. CRACKED.co — Vanity Fair

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EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES & HIDDEN MEANINGS Who fromed ROGER RABBIT Ken Ralston cameo The visual effects supervisor gets a cameo in the movie. He stands in for Judge Doom, running down the alley when Jessica Rabbit and Eddie try to shoot him. CRACKED.COM — Crazy Nate

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SPIDERNA EASTER EGGSTRA! INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Spidey Bells OH! SPIDEYBELLS SPIDEYBELLS SWINGING THROUGH MIDTOWN! OH, WHAT FUN TO SLING A WEB AND TAKE THE BAD GUYS DOWN! THE CHRISTMAS RENDITION OF JINGLE BELLS' THAT PLAYS THE CREDITS OUT IS A REFERENCE TO THE ULTIMATE SPIDER- -MAN'S BUDDING MUSICAL CAREER MENTIONED — Syfy

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easter eggstra meanings and references DOCTOR SLEEP Room 217 217 CRACKED.COM When Danny works at the hospice, he uses his shine for the first time to help a patient die in peace. The room of the patient is Room 217, and it's the same room where he talks to the spirit of Dick Halloran later on. Room 217 is the room with the woman in the bathtub in Stephen King's novel, The Shining. Stanley Kubrick only changed it to 237 for his movie when the hotel requested they use a different number so that future guests won't be spooked. — Screen Rant

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EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES & HIDDEN MEANINGS Who fromed ROGER RABBIT Cloverleaf CLOVERLEAF NOW A industry Judge Doom's company, Cloverleaf Industries, is a nod to a Chinatown sequel that was in the works back in the day and would've had the title, Cloverleaf. The plot for that sequel is similar to the plot of Who Framed Roger Rabbit: Public transport under threat due to a corrupt system. CRACKED.COM — Screen Rant

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easter eggstra meanings and references The DOCTOR, SLEEP Stand THE STAND novelby the author of THE SHINING STEPHEN KING At the end of the movie, Dan tells Abra to keep shining on because the world needs people who stand. It's a reference to Stephen King's The Stand, a novel about the fight between good and evil forces. GRACKED.COM — Looper

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EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES THE Ten RINGS ANT-MAN A deleted scene in Ant-Man that's on Blu-ray shows a man sporting the terrorist tattoo on his neck as he listens to Cross trying to sell his Yellowjacket armour. CRACKED.COM — Source

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EASTER EGGSTRA Parasite There might be a Snowpiercer Easter egg in the movie. When Kim Ki-woo first arrives at the Park house to be the family's new tutor, the housekeeper tells him that the house was built by famed Korean architect Namgoong. It's a fictional character, but a character who — Architectural Digest

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EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES AND MEANINGS Through DOnnie Darko the Looking-Glass Donnie talking to Frank through a liquid mirror is reminiscent of how Alice connects to her wonderland. CRACKED.COM — Source: Avoiding the Subject: Media, Culture and the Object

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS THERE WAS (ALMOST) NO SUCH THING AS 100% ACCURACY. :L9 HP: MANKEY :L9 HP: 10/ 29 MANKEY's attack missed! CRACKED.COM There is a 1 in 256 chance to miss any move, even if they have perfect accuracy. The only exceptions were for moves that didn't check for accuracy, such as Swift and Bide. — Source: 16 Facts About Pokémon Red & Blue

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS Comedy legends influenced KEY & PEELE CRACKED.COM Keegan-Michael Key says his comedy influences are Peter Sellers and Richard Pryor. They are my spirit animals. For Jordan Peele, his 'comedy parents' are Martin Lawrence and Steve Martin. Key decided that Steve Martin Lawrence would be a delicious matchup. — Ranker

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS A SEQUEL WAS IN DEVELOPMENT. Departed THE In 2016, produce Roy Lee revealed that a sequel was in development at one point and that the idea was to bring back characters that died in the original. The project fell through because it was too expensive and Scorsese wasn't interested in directing. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About The Departed

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Back to the Future Part II

Behind-the-scenes Drama Back to the Future Part // Biff Tannen was based on Donald Trump - and also someone else. Biff was partly based on a producer that director Robert Zemeckis had a bad encounter with. CRACKED.COM — More: 6 Secret F-Yous Lurking In Famous Pop Culture

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS Binx is the same cat as Salem in Sabrina The Teenage Witch The cat animatronic was recycled from the 1993 film to the 1996 TV show. — Source: CBR

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS HUNDREDS OF SONGS WERE WRITTEN FOR THE FILM. WALK HARD Songwriters Dan Bern and Mike Viola wrote over 100 songs for the film. Out of those songs, around 50 ended up being recorded in the span of six months. CRACKED.COM — The Ringer & IndieWire

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES SUPERBAD FACTS There's no bigger Superbad super-fan than WBNIW3 GRACKED.COM Not only does Eminem sample Superbad dialogue on his Brainless track, he also quotes a line on the song Ballin' Uncontrollabily. Eminem told Jonah Hill that Superbad is the 'best movie ever.' — Source

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Afterschool Special

COMEDY NERD BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS The show was inspired by ABC Afterschool Specials. GRACKED.COM The coming-of-age specials, with titles like The Runaways, Me and Dad's New Wife, and Story of a Teenage Alcoholic, taught tweens life lessons. Strangers with Candy borrowed many of the same plots. The difference is Jerri Blank always made the wrong choices. — Esquire

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS Those are real bees in the mouth of Tony Todd in Candyman. GRACKED.COM In the climax of the movie, Todd had to have real bees come out of his mouth, with only a dental dam blocking them from crawling down his throat. Todd had a deal with the production that he would be paid $1,000 for every bee sting (of which there were 23) over the course of filming.

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS PAUL BETTANY TROLLED THE WHOLE FANDOM. STAN CLEASE After Evan Peters' appearance on the show, Bettany came out and teased a secret character played by an actor he's longed to work with all of his life. After weeks of fan speculation, it turned out Bettany was talking about — YouTube & Marvel.com

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS Ooh la la, the fresh-baked streets of PARIS et Liame TEAM AMERICT CRACKED.COM It's a subtle tribute, but the 'cobblestone' streets of puppet-Paris are actually paved with croissants. C'est incroyable! — Screenrant

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BEHIND-THE-SCENEST FACTS THE SHOW'S SUCCESS CHANGED DISNEY+'S WHOLE SCHEDULE. LOK After becoming the streaming platform's most-watched premiere to date, Disney announced they would change the release day of all their future originals from Fridays to Wednesdays. CRACKED.COM — THR

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS RICHMOND DOESN'T HAVE A SOCCER CLUB. TO NELSON ROAD WELCOME A.EC. RICHMOND OME 2ND IACYO DECKER TED LASSO Although every other soccer club they play against in the show is real, AFC Richmond itself doesn't exist. Richmond is a real place in London, however, their only team is — ScreenRant

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40 Random Bits of TV and Movie Trivia That Are Like a Post-Credit Scene for Your Brain — Source: Archive of American Television

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS All the princes' clothing has their Roman numeral as a pattern The Princes of Stormhold each wear their birth order number on their clothing. Septimus' vest even has the number seven on his buttons.

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES SFACTS THE CAMERA BROKE ON THE VERY FIRST SHOT OF MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL. CRACKED.COM First-time film directors Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones leapt feet first into the pro- duction of the movie, choosing an impos- sible location half a mile up Glen Coe in Scotland for their first days of filming. The camera jammed on the first shot, leaving them scrambling to make do. — Source

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS CRACKED CON PAUL BETTANY ISN'T BABY VISION. STA Because Bettany didn't have any baby pictures that would work for Baby Vision, the visual effects team used pictures of Scott McPhate -the show's VFX coordinator who looks a bit like the actor. — ComicBook.com

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Avatar: The Last Airbender (The Art of the Animated Series)

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS CRACKED.COM SENOR SCRATCHY ORIGINALLY HAD A MUCH BIGGER ROLE. STAR Director Matt Shakman says that they shot a scene for the finale that featured Monica, Ralph, and Wanda's kids going to Agatha's basement and finding Scratchy- who would attack them after transforming into a demon. Unfortunately the scene was cut due to time constraints. — YouTube

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