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39 Clever Gems in Classic Movies Hidden Just Below the Surface

October 06, 2023

Normally, when we find out someone pulled a fast one on us, we fly into a blind rage at their deception, and wake up in our tattered purple underwear in the custody of military police. But these filmmakers get a pass. They’ve sprinkled in some hidden gems so subtle, we just had to give their films a second look.

Congrats, you crafty devils, you got us. This time.

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EASTER EGGS IN '80S MOVIES HAVE you SKEN THIS inyH Batman (1989) A SKETCH ARTIST IS BATMAN'S CO-CREATOR. As Knox walks through the bullpen of the newspaper, he's handed a sketch by Bob Kane. No word on whether it was actually drawn by Kane, or if he just took credit for it like he used to do. CRACKED.COM — Source

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EASTER EGGS IN '80S MOVIES The Goonies DO GREMLINS EXIST IN THE GOONIES UNIVERSE? The cop dismisses Chunk's call with, Just like that last prank about all those little creatures that multiply when you throw water on them? Both movies were written by Chris Columbus. CRACKED.COM — Source

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EASTER EGGS IN '80S MOVIES Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom INDY ESCAPES THE OBI WAN. The club owned by Lao Che was named after the famous Jedi Knight in the Star Wars franchise. ب CILUIIB DBI WAIN es CRACKED.COM — Source

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EASTER EGGS IN '80S MOVIES The Breakfast Club ILUNOIS EMC 2 JOHN HUGHES LEFT EASTER EGGS ON LICENSE PLATES. Nerd Brian's plate is EMC 2 because E=MC². And all the individual plate numbers on Jake Ryan's car add up to 16. - adidas 21850 KORNAK 16 Candles CRACKED.COM — Source

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Easter Eggs for Polyglots The Hunchback of Notre Dame It is my fault. As Frollo sings It's not my fault the chorus sings mea culpa, Latin for my most grievous fault. The entire chanting is from the Confiteor - a prayer of recognition of sin, and desperate forgiveness from it. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Easter Eggs for Polyglots The Lord World: Jurassic Park I left Japan to get away from this! The screams of a Japanese man running from the rampaging T-rex reference another city- destroying dinosaur, who is really big in Japan. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Easter Eggs for Polyglots The Lego Movie octopus Tuesday! Lord Business' Taco Tuesday is about the octopus-like TAKOS machine - and as it turns out, tako is Japanese for octopus. CRACKED.COM

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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 Eggs for Polyglots Anchorman We spit in your food. A Mexican restaurant is called Escupimos en su alimento, Spanish for We spit in your food. Classy, San Diego. OPEN 7 Days WELCOME HONGOS Escupimos en su Alimento 50 CRACKED.COM — Source

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Pixar Easter Eggs Monsters, Inc. Jessie and Nemo Little Boo shows her toys to Sully. including Nemo from Finding Nemo and a Jesse rag doll from the Toy Story movies (oh, and also a Luxo ball!). CRACKED.COM — Source

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Pixar Easter Eggs Luxo Ball The Luxo ball is an Easter egg homaging one of Pixar's very first short films, Luxo Jr. The rubber ball appears in almost every Pixar movie. Up CRACKED.COM — Source

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Pixar Easter Eggs WALL-E Rex Toy Story's Rex appears in the background of WALL-E's hideout-at least a toy like him. Or is it the same Rex? The implications of that would be terrifying. (Be on the lookout for a Mike Wazowski toy as well.) SOLAR LEVEL CRACKED.COM — Source

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Pixar Easter Eggs Sully You can see a wood carving of Monsters, Inc.'s Sully in the background of the Witch's workshop. Fan theories suggest the Witch is actually little Boo, but we would object that that's not far-fetched enough. Brave CRACKED.COM — Source

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TI Toy Red's Dream Great Pixar Easter Eggs E MONEY Places IK Childres LASSETE to Your SCOOTER RUN st and Twirl The Adventures of Andr nupper U Ree Toy Story ANT AND BEE GO ON A VACATION Pixar's short films The books in a bookshelf are titled after previous short films made by Pixar. Those shorts show up on TV as Hamm jackhammers the remote control 1 CRACKED.COM — Source

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Easter Eggs Batman Begins Bruce Wayne calls his party guests two- faced friends - and ends up having a literal two-faced friend in the sequel. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Easter Eggs Evil Dead Sam Raimi puts his Oldsmobile in every film he makes. Spider-Man CRACKED.COM — Source

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Easter Eggs YOUTH OF Sound of Metal Ruben's emotional journey is charted by the band shirts he wears. RUDIMENTARY PENI CRACKED.COM — Source

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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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Easter Eggs NIXON Zodiac/True Detective In both, yellow stands for corruption and decay. In True Detective, it also stands for the villainous serial killer, the King in Yellow. CRACKED COM — Source

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GRACKED DISNEY FULFILLS A LION KING SUGGESTION IN HERCULES. In The Lion King, Zazu suggests that Scar would make a very handsome throw rug. In Hercules, while he's being painted, he wears Scar as a pelt then throws him on the floor (laid out like a throw rug). — Source

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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. — Source

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CRACKED T S E JA39 Rautic 0312839699 МОЗИ GUS VAN SANT GAVE HITCHCOCK A POST-MORTEM CAMEO. Hitchcock famously had cameos in 39 of his 52 films. In Van Sant's '90s Psycho remake, he pays homage to the late director by having a Hitchcock look-alike in a scene with the real-life cameo of Van Sant himself. — 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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HARRY POTTERFILMS All Slytherin students have matching tie pins and rings to show their heritage. No other house has these accessories or such detailed costumes. CRACKED.COM — Source

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BIRDS OF PREY, 2020 НА UNN Every charm on Harley Quinn's necklace has a meaning. She has a Bruce tag for her pet hyena, several feminist symbols, and a bottle cap to add to a child-like DIY aesthetic, to name a few. CRACKED.COM — Source

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MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN, 2018 The young Donnas' costumes are made of the same fabric as the bedroom's curtains. There's even cut-outs in the curtains, implying the characters made their wardrobe from them. CRACKED.COM — Source

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TEXAS T'TURNPIKEL IOS de lavida RESERVED Como LE FOR ITS TO CLERGY 49 DEATH PROOF Kurt Russell's shirt from Big Trouble in Little China hangs on the bar wall. CRACKED.COM — Source

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LOKI T282 STILL 35 MARVEL COMICS GROUP THOR THE HAS AN TEMPUS GOD-KILL STEPPED THOUGH - HOTE - AWATIC EASTER EGG BAT PEATUS THE BUDLA LOYEM TO A THOR COMIC BOOK When Loki looks out the window at the TVA, there's a tower bearing the number Т-282. It's a reference to Thor #282 that features the first appearance of the Time Keepers. CRACKED COM — Source

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ETERNALS The MCU film has a 2001: A Space Odyssey Easter egg. When the Domo makes its appearance at the beginning of the movie, it's at such an angle that its nose resembles The Monolith in Kubrick S movie. CRACKED.COM — Source

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SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING has a scene where Michael Keaton's Vulture flies in front of the moon, recreating a shot from Burton's Batman (1989) starring Keaton. CRACKED.COM — Source

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THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES Kao cAn! Katie's socks is a homage to that carpet in that Stanley Kubrick movie. CRACKED.COM — Source

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DEADPOOL 2 joked about Wolverine's death in LOGAN. Wolverine's send-off in Logan is accompanied by a piece of music - the same music that plays when Deadpool takes a bullet to save the future from Russell. CRACKED.COM — Source

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DOCTOR SLEEP Director Mike Flanagan paid homage to Stephen King's other big film adaptation, The Green Mile, by modeling the long corridors in the hospice to the death-row section. CRACKED.COM — Source

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