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The Good Place / Panda

EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES The magic panda In season two it's revealed that one of Jason's ideas to thwart Michael's plan is to catch the magic panda, use her powers. What initially sounded like just another whimsical thing Jason would say soon turned into a running gag, with a panda teleporting in the background of frames all over the place. The Good Place CRACKED.COM — Source: Holy Forkin' Shirt! 21 Hidden Jokes And Easter Eggs In 'The Good Place'

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EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES MEANINGS JOHN WICK GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI The Bowery King (Laurence Fishburne) as seen in the second and third installment with his bird cages on the rooftop resembles Jim Jarmusch's 1999 movie about a hitman who follows an ancient samurai code. CRACKED.COM — Source

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EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES & HIDDEN MEANINGS Who fromed ROGED RABBIT The original Jessica Rabbit design When Eddie inspects the article claiming Roger killed Marvin Acme in a jealous rage because of the whole patty-cake thing, the image of Jessica Rabbit looks a whole lot different than the photos Eddie took of her. This is because her final design wasn't yet finished when they filmed the live-action scene. CRACKED.COM — First clip, second clip

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EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES The wave In the series finale, Jason is wearing a shirt with a wave on it before he goes through the door. It's a reference to what Chidi later says about the Buddhist concept of death being like a wave in the ocean. The Good Place CRACKED.COM — Source

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EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES AND MEANINGS THE SHEEP BLADE RUNNER ORIGAMI 2049 During the Gaff cameo, this meta moment happens. It's call to the real-world a franchise, and it references the title of Phillip K. Dick's source novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. CRACKED.COM — Source: Screen Rant

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SPIDERMAN EASTER EGGSTRA! INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE The Spider-Man game suit. In the scene with all the MAR/EL SPIDER-MAN Spidey suits, Insomniac's Spider-Man suit can be spotted behind Aunt May. INSOMNIAC CRACKED.COM — Polygon

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EASTER EGGSTRA HIDDEN MEANINGS & REFERENCES ONCE UPON A TIME IN... HOLLYWOOD THE WILHELMSCREAM BOUNTY LAW Tarantino loves using this famous sound effect in his movies. A stock effect in TV shows and movies since the 1950s, it can be heard during Dalton's fictional show Bounty Law. CRACKED.COM — A.Frame

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EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES AND MEANINGS BACK THE THREE TO FUTURETT THE MUSKETEERS MUSKETEERS THE !III LIKE MUSKETEERS THE FOUR TO BE CONTINUED... The sequel ends with a teaser for the third movie to come, and the bit was inspired by Richard Lester's 1973 The Three Musketeers who had a teaser for The Four Musketeers at the end. 'CRACKED.COM — Source

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EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES AND MEANINGS DOnnie Darko Frank makes an appearance right at the beginning of the film. He's inside the red Trans Am that drives by Donnie after dropping off Elizabeth at home. CRACKED.COM — Source: Video clip

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EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES & HIDDEN MEANINGS CRACKED.COM SCHITT'S CREEK It's David's town. In the pilot episode, Johnny says he forgot he actually owned a town, and that he initially bought it as a joke for his son, David. The show comes full circle when in the end, everyone in the family leaves the town, except David. — Source

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The Good Place / Philosophy

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: Holy Forkin' Shirt! 21 Hidden Jokes And Easter Eggs In 'The Good Place'

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EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES AND MEANINGS BACK THE EDDIE VAN TO FUTURE HALEN CAMEO THE In one scene that also references both Star Wars and Star Trek, Marty inserts a cassette tape into his walkman, and blasts his young dad's ears off with the sound of a shredding guitar. Even though the cassette says Edward Van Halen no one could figure out what song it was, but the musician not only confirmed it was him, he also said it wasn't a song-just him recording loud noises. 'CRACKED.COM — Source

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Baby Driver

EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES & HIDDEN MEANINGS BABY DRIVER THE RAINBOW A bank teller quotes a Dolly Parton lyric when she tells Baby, Everybody wants happiness, nobody wants pain; but there can't be a rainbow without a little rain. It's raining in that scene, and at the very end of the movie when Baby walks out of prison, there's a rainbow in the background. CRACKED.COM — Screen Rant

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EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES & HIDDEN MEANINGS BABY DRIVER THE GRAFFITI HEART During the opening scene of the film when Baby's on his coffee run, a heart in the background is black. When Debora walks by and Baby sees her for the first time, the heart has turned red. CRACKED.COM — IMDb interview with Edgar Wright

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EASTER EGGSTRA South Park The blink-and-you'll-miss-it James Bond reference. EMERGENCY Schedule Doctor Chuey All Empk swnig Peceo Colon SuOY Vomno must wa SuGY urcmon Bond No before S In South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, there's a board in the doctor's ward with a schedule that features a Doctor No, — Source

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easter eggstra meanings and references THE The Last EXPANSE Starfighter MUNITION o M/S FLONDATE CARACTION PRETHANGE CONNICTION VISUAL TARGETING DEATH BLOSSOM In season 5 there is a nod to the Death Blossom weapon system from the 1984 movie. CRACKED.COM — Source: Twitter

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EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES MEANINGS JOHN WICK INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS At the end of John Wick 2, Wick walks through a park and everyone around him turns and stares. Many have wondered if this meant that everyone was an assassin, but the directors explained that it was coming from Wick's paranoid state of mind, and that they were trying to emulate the classic sci-fi horror movie where it feels like everyone's a potential danger. CRACKED.COM — Source

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EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES AND MEANINGS THE PALE BLADE RUNNER FIRE NOVEL 2049 VLADING NABOKUV Bale e Fire When K takes the Post-Trauma Baseline Test there are prompts taken from a poem in Vladimir Nabokov's book: And blood-black nothingness began to spin I A system of cells interlinked within cells interlinked within cells interlinked within one stem I And dreadfully distinct Against the dark, fountain a tall white played. CRACKED.COM — Source: Screen Rant

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Poster Cameo

EASTER EGGSTRA HIDDEN MEANINGS & REFERENCES ONCE UPON A TIME IN... HOLLYWOOD TARANTINO'S POSTER CAMEO THE 9TH FILM FROM QUENTIN TARANTINO ONCE UPONATIME A IN... HOLLYWOOD He's believed to be the director behind the camera right below Margot Robbie's face. CRACKED.COM — Hidden Details In Recent Movie Posters

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS SUPERBAD Seth Rogen said no effing way to PG-13 CRACKED.COM According to one count, Superbad uses the F word 176 times. Watering it down wasn't an option, even when the studios pressed hard for a cleaner version. We were just like, 'No, says Rogen. — The Ringer

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Julia Roberts and Steven Spielberg in 'Hook'

Behind-the-scenes feuds Hook Julia Roberts vs Steven Spielberg Roberts' personal drama apparently seeped onto the set, which led Spielberg to say that while she was a good actress, he wouldn't work with her again. Roberts felt hurt, and they indeed haven't worked again since. CRACKED.COM — Source: CBR

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Ike was voiced by Trey Parker's daughter

BEHIND-THE-SCENESp FACTS IKE WAS VOICED BY TREY PARKER'S DAUGHTER. SOUTH PARK euthitethioal venger Throughout the years, Kyle's brother Ike has been voiced by several staff members' kids. In 2016, Ike was voiced by Parker's threeyear-old daughter:. CRACKED COM — YouTube & The A.V. Club

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES SFACTS JUSTIN ROILAND GOT DRUNK FOR AN EPISODE. Rick MoRtY M Season three episode Vindicators 3: The Return of Worldender' features Rick getting blackout drunk. At the suggestion of Dan Harmon, Roiland actually got drunk while recording lines for the episode. — Digital Spy

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Kids in the Hall

BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS Failed jokes inspired the KIDS IN THE HALL CRACKED.COM Your Show of Shows is the granddaddy of sketch comedy shows. When star Sid Caesar would bomb a joke, he'd blame it on the kids in the hall. The modern-day Kids took the name because they idolized those kids, Caesar writers who included Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, and Neil Simon. — Mental Floss

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESE FACTS 'Black Laugh-In' was the pitch for IN LIVING COLOR TN CRACKED.COM I remember using Laugh-In as a model during the pitch, says Keenan Ivory Wayans. I emphasized the edge of the show was going to be different. 'Men on Films,' 'The Homeboy Shopping Network' and 'The Wrath of Farrakhan.' We showed it to Fox, and they got nervous. — Hollywood Reporter

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30 Rock

Alec Baldwin agreed to do the show because he got a four-day weekend. He said he wanted to spend more time with his daughter in LA. BEHIND-THE-SCENES CRACKED.COM — Salon

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS DANIEL BRUHL IMPROVISED ZEMO'S DANCE. THE FALCON WINTER SOLDIER The actor revealed that the dance that set the internet on fire wasn't in the script. Bruhl thought the character would be itching to let off some steam after rotting in prison for so long. CRACKED.COM — YouTube

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS CRACKED.co ALAN MOORE'S WRITING INFLUENCED MEMORIES OF MURDER. ALAN MOORE . EDDIE CAMPBELL MEMORIES FROM HELL OF CMASTER EDITIONS FULLY COLORIZED MURDER A state of ( Darkness Fam Hel Netter. write out donn From Hell Bong Joon-ho says that reading Moore's From Hell pushed him to start thinking less about the actual killer and more about the spirit of the times which produced the murders. — Source: 15 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Bong Joon-ho Films

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS The voice actor for Ghostface was kept out of view of the actors. CRACKED.COM In the Scream series, the voice actor for Ghostface (Roger L. Jackson) was hidden on set when he voiced his lines to keep the on-screen actors believably unsettled by him. When characters are taunted by him on the phone, he really is talking to them from somewhere out of sight. Не also voiced Mojo Jojo on The Powerpuff Girls, so there's that. — Source

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS The kids recorded at a studio owned by SONIC YOUTH CRACKED.COM We would go from set every day to to rehearse at the Sonic Youth studios, says Весса (Posh Spice) Brown. Black would come along to jam. We felt like rock stars, says Kevin (Spazzy McGee) Clark, pledging allegiance to the band of Mr. Shneebly. — Complex

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ThunderCats

WTF Behind-The-Scenes Stories From Major Movie Sets - The Thundercats voice actors would swear in the booth all the time. — Source: 6 NSFW Moments From The Making of Family-Friendly Shows

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS GET SCHWIFTY WASN'T WRITTEN FOR THE SHOW. Rick Mdey Re The fan-favorite song from the fifth episode of season two was originally created for Rick and Morty's Rushed Licensed Adventure - a Flash game Adult Swim put out. The whole team loved the song so much that they wrote — Collider

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS JACK NICHOLSON WASN'T SUPPOSED TO PULL OUT A GUN. Departed THE According to Scorsese, Nicholson didn't tell anyone he was gonna pull a gun out in the iconic I smell a rat scene. DiCaprio's surprised reaction in the film is genuine and he regards the scene as one of the most memorable moments of his life. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About The Departed

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS Napoleon Dynamite screwed up NETFLIX CRACKED.COM More than virtually any other movie, Netflix users give Napoleon Dynamite either five stars or one star. That disparity plays havoc with Netflix's suggestion engine, which can't figure out how to recommend other movies based on the love-it-or-hate-it reaction. — New York Times

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS The Exorcist is the first horror movie to be nominated for Best Picture. CRACKED.com It received 10 oscar nominations in 1974, including Best Supporting Actress for the 15 year old Linda Blair. It lost Best Picture to The Sting, a movie you didn't know existed until now. — Source: 14 Behind The Scenes Facts About Your Favorite Horror Movies

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS Napoleon started as the student film PELUCA CRACKED.COM Jared Hess wrote and directed the 9-minute short as a class assignment at BYU film school, with the quirky lead a combination of me and my brothers' most dorky moments growing up. In this version, Napoleon's name is Seth. Check it out on YouTube! — YouTube

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES SFACTS YOU COULD CUT YOUR CHANCE OF A CRITICAL HIT INSTEAD OF BOOSTING IT. GRACKED.COM The move Focus Energy and the item Dire Hit are intended to quadruple the critical hit rate, but they will quarter the chance instead. — Bulbapedia

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Glee

Behind-the-scenes Drama Glee Lea Michele is apparently as much of a diva as her character. That was said about her by many co-stars, including Samantha Ware, Heather Morris, Yvette Nicole Brown, Abigail Breslin, Melissa Benoist... and those are just the names you'd recognize. CRACKED.COM — Source: Variety

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS A sincere f*&k you, SEAN PENN TEAM AMERICT CRACKED.COM That's how Penn signed an angry letter to Stone and Parker after the film came out. Stone, for one, holds no grudges. He has a couple of good scenes in the movie. Even as a puppet, he's a great actor. — Mental Floss

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