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Aunty Donna

BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS Old comedy shows inspired the house of AUNTY DONNA YOU HAVE A DATE CRACKED.COM Episodes of Aunty Donna's Big OI' House of Fun take place in a shared house, with no explanation as to why they live there. The group was inspired by the Mighty Boosh, the Young Ones, and the Monkees, who all shared an ordinary house amid whirling absurdity. — The Guardian

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Butters is based on a real person

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS BUTTERS IS BASED ON A REAL PERSON. SOUTH PARK The character is based on Eric Stough, the show's mild-mannered animation director and producer. Before the character was born, Stone and Parker actually nicknamed Stough Butters. CRACKED.COM — Coloradan Alumni Magazine

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Alec Baldwin offered to take pay cut for the final seasons. He took a 20% pay cut in order for the show to continue for seasons 7 and 8. BEHIND-THE-SCENES CRACKED.COM — US Magazine

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Nancy Carell

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS Outer-course advice was given by NANCY CARELL HOW TO STOP BULLY CRACKED.COM Steve met his wife Nancy at Chicago's Second City. They auditioned together for SNL in 1995 and Nancy was the one who actually landed the gig. She also showed up on The Office as Carol Stills, Michael Scott's realtor and sometimes girlfriend. — Rare

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Dodgeball

Behind-the-scenes Drama NO - - - B Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story The team was supposed to lose. Keeping with its irreverent tone, the film originally ended with the team losing. When the studio changed that, the credits included Ben Stiller's White Goodman mocking the fact that they won. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Something in common

COMEDY NERD BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS Amy Sedaris and Jerri Blank have a lot in common. OSITION GRAGKED.COM COM They're both survivors. Both can be simple-minded (says Amy). Both live in the moment. She's desperate to be loved, says Sedaris. Deep down, there's a little bit of Jerri in everyone. — GQ

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South Park

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS GEORGE CLOONEY WAS A FAN FROM THE BEGINNING. SOUTH PARK Clooney was such a huge fan of The Spirit of Christmas, the 1995 short that preceded the show, that he made VHS tapes of the short and sent them to his Hollywood friends. He went on to voice Cartman's dog on the show and Dr. Gauche in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. CRACKED.COM — THR

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Meta-Finale

Featured I AM GROCT GROOT TAK A BA TROPES IN SHE-HULK FOURTH WALL BREAKING FINALE She-Hulk breaks the fourth wall constantly, but the finale goes even even more meta, with Jen jumping into a behind-the-scenes show and talking to the mastermind. This continues John Byrne's comic- book run, but we like to think the show's creators are also big Evangelion and Holy Mountain fans. CRACKED.COM — Marvel Studios
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BEHIND-THE-SCENES SFACTS Several takes were ruined by a case of the GIGGLES CRACKED.COM Everyone had a lot of trouble not laughing, says Miranda (Summer) Cosgrove. Just because you never know what Jack is going to do. They would have to redo the takes, confesses Robert (Lawrence) Tsai, because I would laugh in the middle of them. — YouTube

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Knives Out

WTF Behind-The-Scenes Stories From Major Movie Sets - Rian Johnson fanboyed all over Christopher Plummer during Knives Out. — Source: FilmSchoolRejects

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Jordan Belfort

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS THE REAL JORDAN BELFORT CAMEOS IN THE FILM. hes STRAI BALES THE WOLF OF WALL STREET The guy at the end of the movie introducing Belfort after his prison release and describing him as the single baddest motherfu-er I have ever met' is the real Jordan Belfort. — YouTube

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS 1 in 3 American girls had a ZAC EFRON POSTER mnstio And thus began the Great Puberty of 2006. — Rolling Stone

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Steve Buscemi directed 2 episodes. this Не parodied his own often memed line How do you do, fellow kids? during the 2020 SAG Awards. BEHIND-THE-SCENES CRACKED.COM — Source

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Rick James, Bitch

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS When a sketch gets too popular RICK JAMES, BITCH CHAPPELLE'S SHOW CRACKED.CO The sketch was everywhere, and part of the reason Chappelle left his show. Once when he took his kids to Disney World, everyone in the park greeted him with Rick James, bitch! A disheartened Dave asked, Do you mind not calling me a bitch in front of my kids? — Vulture, YouTube

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS Reilly raced with Duvall and Cruise in DAYS OF THUNDER TALLADEGA NIGHTS Wins CRACKED.COM THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBSY NASCAR One of John C. Reilly's first big jobs was on the Tom Cruise racing epic. My only advice to Adam and Will when it came to my Days of Thunder experience, says Reilly, was to tell them to ignore my entire acting performance. — ESPN

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Superbad

BEHIND-THE-SCENES SUPERBAD FACTS Superbad was the film debut of EMMA STONE CRACKED.COM It was Emma's first time seeing herself in a movie; it was very sweet, says Hader. We sat in the back of this theater in Westwood, and it blew the roof off the place. People were going crazy, and we were just like, 'Whoa.''' — Source

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS Disney bought the rights in 1984 BURIAL TOLD The movie didn't come out until nine years later in 1993. Creator David Kirschner assumed the story was dead for many years. — Source: Dizney Coast to Coast

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESP FACTS CRACKEDcO THE HOMES OF THE TWO FAMILIES WERE BUILT FROM SCRATCH. PARASITE Bong Joon-ho had the production build them because he wanted to have full control over both houses. The Park family home is actually located in the middle of nowhere - the surrounding neighborhood is entirely CGL. — YouTube & Film School Rejects

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BEHIND-TH BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS THE SHOW STARTED AS AN R-RATED PARODY. Rick MORED And Rick and Morty's first versions appeared all the way back in 2006, in Justin Roiland's The Real Animated Adventures of Doc and Mharti- a raunchy parody of Back to the Future that was meant to poke fun of getting cease and desist letters. CRACKED.COM — VICE

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESP FACTS RZA TURNED DOWN THE ROLE OF OFFICER BROWN. DEPARTED THE The Wu-Tang founder says he regrets not taking the opportunity to be in the film and blames his decision on the fact that he was new to Hollywood at the time. — Boston Magazine

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RoboCop

EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES & HIDDEN MEANINGS ROBOCOP SEES community THE FUTURE In the season 2 episode, Aerodynamics of Gender, Annie, Shirley, and Britta teach Abed how to basically be a mean girl. He sees himself as a RoboCop, scanning women to detect their mean level before taking them out, verbally. Hidden in the scans are summaries of future episode plots. For instance, with Shirley CURRENT SYNOPSIS: there's a hint to the Pillows BRITTA, SHIRLEY, AND ANNIE MAKE and Blankets ABED INTO ONE episode, as well THE GIRLS. WHICH as with the Christmas BACKFIRES; the one JEFF AND TROY DISCOVER A claymation. — Video

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Okja

EASTER EGGSTRA okja There's an Obama-Hillary-Bin Laden reference. In one scene, the leaders of the Mirando Corporation watch a video of the destruction caused by the super-pig. The members watching the footage resemble the photo of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton watching the raid on Osama Bin Laden's compound in

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Parasite

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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THE TRAILER FOR MARVEL'S WOLVERINE GAME HAS A HULK COMIC EASTER EGG. - Made ALE DO HLK 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 — GamesRadar

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The Daily Bugle

MCU Phase One Easter Eggs Iron Man The Daily Bugle Christine Everhart, Tony Stark's antagonistic, UST-filled reporter friend, works for The Daily Bugle in the comics. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Easter Eggs in Phase One of the MCU

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easter eggstra meanings and references THE Abaddon's Gate EXPANSE RU RA RACE 12m.07_13 22 The fourth episode of the first season features a scene where a group of people watch a pilot slingshot. It's a reference to the opening scene of the third book in the series. CRACKED.COM — Source: Gizmodo

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The Defenders in 'Avengers: Endgame'

Easter eggs in Marvel deleted scenes Avengers: Endgame The Defenders The Defenders were originally planned to join the fray, but the directors couldn't make room for Luke Cage, Daredevil, Iron Fist, and Jessica Jones. CRACKED.COM — Source: Inverse

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Easter Eggs Tropic Thunder I don't drop character till I done a DVD commentary. Не doesn't. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Pulp Fiction

CRACKED PULP FICTIONS' BIG KAHUNA BURGER APPEARS IN FROM DUSK TILL DAWN. In From Dusk till Dawn, the characters stop at Big Kahuna Burger. It's the same fictional burger joint Brad and Marvin score burgers from right before Jules and Vincent arrive. The movie came out 2 years after Pulp Fiction. — Man of Many / CinemaTheque

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EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES ANT-MAN SIGHT GAG OR... 8 In the beginning of Ant-Man and the Wasp, Scott and Cassie play inside an elaborate obstacle course at home. At one point, Cassie covers her face with a paperboard mask that has a huge eyeball drawn on it. Many have noticed that the image is eerily similar to that of Marvel villain, the Orb. CRACKED.COM — Source, source

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Easter eggs in video game movies street Fighter Bison blows up ships using the Street Fighter II control panel from the arcade game. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Mark Hamill

EASTER EGGSTRA I BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES A MARK HAMILL JOKE IN MAD LOVE THE JOKER, VOICED BY MARK HAMILL, SAYS MAY THE FLOSS BE WITH YOU! EXCEPT FOR THE OBVIOUS STAR WARS REFERENCE, HAMILL IS ALSO MARRIED TO A DENTAL HYGIENIST. CRACKED.COM

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WANDAVISION EASTER EGGS THE HOMAGES TO THE CHARACTERS' CLASSIC COSTUMES. The Halloween costumes Wanda and her family wear in episode five are basically cheap versions of their classic comic outfits. — ComicBook.com

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King Kong

Easter Eggs for Polyglots King Kong show me the monkey. The ship Carl Denham is traveling on receives a message ordering Denham's arrest - but what the Morse code beeps actually spell is, SHOW ME THE MONKEY. CRACKED.COM — Source

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easter eggstra meanings and references THE SHiNiNG The famous axe scene was inspired by The Phantom Carriage. The iconic 1921 silent film sees a drunken man taking an axe to the door with his wife and children on the other side. Even the pace of the door smashing is the same as the scene in Kubrick's movie. It's also believed that the 1919 film Broken Blossoms served as inspiration. CRACKED.COM — Clip from The Phantom Carriage, Clip from Broken Blossoms

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EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES Montana: Best known for Dana Carvey's SNL Church Lady and also the Unabomber. In season 3 when the gang is at the Cowboy Skyscraper Buffet Americana restaurant in Australia, they sit at the Montana table, with these two figures sketched on top to represent the state. The Good Place CRACKED.COM — Source

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Watchmen

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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Arrested Development

Easter Eggs Arrested Development According to many background hints, it turns out Tobias is a light-skinned black man, making his middle name Onyango and dashiki wearing make a touch more sense. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Meta to the max

There is an easter egg of Easter in the film. Peele has said that Us is an Easter horror movie. The animals in my stories represent this battle between science and religion for me.... One of the motifs of this movie is the rabbits. They symbolize a lot of different things. The main connection to me was Easter. This story is a dark Easter of sorts. Red is the messiah who's rising from the hole that she was left for dead. — Dread Central

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