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42 Hidden Jokes and References We Recently Unveiled Like A Blushing Bride at the Altar

December 06, 2024

While uncovering these hidden gems, we stopped to wonder why their creators wanted to keep them out of the spotlight. They’re so good that they should have been given a bigger opportunity to shine, so why did we have to dig so deep for them?

Our best guess is that they wanted to add a little something for themselves, their loved ones or other creators that inspired them.

Oh man, did we just out their personal treasures? Please forgive us, filmmakers and showrunners. We’ll ask next time, we swear!

42

Mad Men

MAD MEN Ted Chaough's 30 Rock reference. Не casually orders Cooter's favorite drink: an Old Spanish. That's red wine, tonic water, and olives. CRACKED.COM — Source

41

The Simpsons

In the Simpsons episode Two Bad Neighbours, Grandpa Simpson says Grover Cleveland spanked me on two nonconsecutive occasions! It's a reference to

40

The Lost World

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. — Source: Warped Factor

39

Candyman

The original CANDYMAN reference In Nia DaCosta's Candyman, there's a character named Burke that's a reference to Dr. Burke from the first film. What's interesting is that both Dr. Burke in the 1992 film and WORK CLIVE RARKER Burke in the 2021 film are the final kills before the protagonists WERYE (Helen/Brianna) start siding with Candyman. CRACKED.COM

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The Matrix

THE ORACLE'S COSTUME IN THe MATRIX IS A REFERENCE TO A MICHELANGELO PAINTING It's of Michelangelo's Delphic Sibyl, a Greek oracular figure who wears the same colors the Oracle does. CRACKED.COM — Source

37

WandaVision

WANDAVISION EASTER EGGS AGATHA'S BOOTS ARE A REFERENCE TO THE WIZARD OF oz. CRACKED.COM In the final episode, Agatha gets crushed by a car and disappears- only leaving her boots behind. This is a reference to the Wicked Witch of the East's ruby slippers sticking out after she gets crushed by a house. — CBR

36

The Expanse

easter eggstra meanings and references THE EXPANSE The Terminator TRCE A bar in Ceres is called Tech Noir, a reference to the world of the 1984 movie. CRACKED.COM — Source: Twitter

35

Batman

EASTER EGGSTRA I BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES THE JIMMY OLSEN REFERENCE SRO HOTEL J.OLSEN AND SONS PHOTOGRAPHE DISCOUNT IN THE EPISODE APPOINTMENT IN CRIME ALLEY THERE'S A TRUCK WITH J. OLSEN AND SONS, PHOTOGRAPHY EQUIP, DISCOUNT PRICES WRITTEN ON IT. IT'S A REFERENCE TO JIMMY OLSEN, THE PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THE DAILY PLANET IN THE SUPERMAN COMICS. CRACKED.COM

34

Mission: Impossible — Fallout

The Mission: Impossible - Fallout team built a hallway set just so they could film a reference to 1967's Point Blank. B CRACKED.COM — Source

33

Get Out

Get Out Chris scratching the couch and removing the cotton inside is a historical reference. Peele deliberately made Chris pull the cotton from the chair and use it to plug his ears to add the cultural reference of Black American slaves and the cotton fields. CRACKED.COM — Cinemablend

32

Archer

In Archer, Charlotte uses a Renaissance reference to kick Sterling when he's down. ollb After getting beaten and choked by the gigantic Zirk, Sterling

31

Hidden Jokes

There's an STD reference in A Series of Unfortunate Events. When asked where he studied herpetology, Count Olat replies: I don't know anything about

30

Call My Agent!

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM JEAN RENO'S NICKNAME IN CALL MY AGENT! IS A JOKE IN FRENCH. The agents call him Godefroy de Montmirail, and of course the joke is that they think that that's his most memorable role - but there's also the fact that, in France, that's basically synonymous with moron. — Source

29

Rugrats

A Rugrats Chanukah snuck in an adult joke for anyone who knows Hebrew. S CUT RATE MONTE The sign on this storefront says mohel. A mohel is a Jewish circumcision specialist. CRACKED.COM — Source

28

Harry Potter

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX HAS A SUBTLE JOKE ABOUT BALLS. B BALLS JUDG 00.1m In the opening, Harry is sitting on a swing and reading a newspaper - which has the headline Balls Judged 'Too Big. — Source

27

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

In Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, Jorma Taccone watching The Parent Trap is a multilayered joke. He's supposed to be watching the movie, which is — Source: FilmSchoolRejects

26

Futurama

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM THE FUTURAMA EPISODE FRY AND THE SLURM FACTORY HAS AN APPLE IN-JOKE. 6502 Bender gets sick, so they scan his head, and there's a processor with the letters 6502 inside - the joke is, he deteriorated so much, his brain is an old-school Apple 6502 processor. — Source

25

Zootopia

CRACKED.COM Zootopia makes a pretty sneaky sex joke. Bunnies are good at multiplying. — Source: These 34 Filthy Jokes Are (Somehow) In Family Movies & Shows

24

Home Alone

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM THE TAGLINE OF THE PIZZA CHAIN IN HOME ALONE HAS A HISTORICAL JOKE. Little Nero's Pizza NO FIDDLIN' AROUND It's called Little Nero's Pizza (a play on Little Caesar's, obviously), with the tagline No Fiddlin' Around - a reference to the legend that Emperor Nero fiddled while Rome burned around him.

23

The Incredibles

The name of Syndrome's island in The Incredibles is a joke. It's Nomanisan, which sounds like a typical exotic island name until you take it apart t

22

Scrubs

CRACKED COM scrubs AIl right Doctor Cox. Ridiculous name by the way. This line coming from most characters would just be a joke about Dr. Cox's name

21

Castle

Castle makes joke about a Nathan Fillion's Firefly role. For Halloween, Richard Castle (Fillion) dresses up in a space cowboy costume which looks just

20

Broad City

BROAD CITY The Mrs. Doubtfire reference goes deeper. Mara Wilson made a rare cameo as the waitress in this Mrs. Doubtfire homage. CRACKED.COM

19

The Mandalorian

Bryce Dallas Howard paid homage to her dad in The Mandalorian by including a sequence mirroring Apollo 13. In Chapter 11: The Heiress from season two, — Nerdist

18

Avengers: Endgame

Thanos creator Jim Starlin hated a Thanos homage in Avengers: Endgame. Thanos' weapon is shaped like a helicopter blade, which is a nod to the dinky Thanos helicopter that showed up in a kids' comic. Starlin tried to forget about that helicopter, so he says he'll never forgive that homage. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

17

Tron

Programs fighting other programs in the Disc Arena was Tron's way of paying homage to Spartacus. CRACKED.COM — Source

16

Birds of Prey

Birds of Prey has a subtle homage to Harley Quinn's first appearance. She wears the number 92 on her derby outfit - that's a nod to the episode of Batman: The Animated Series, broadcast in '92, where she first appeared. CRACKED.COM — Source

15

The Dark Knight

Movie Scenes With Hidden Homages To Other Movies - The Joker's clown mask in the opening of The Dark Knight is a homage to the 1960s — Source: 6 Mind-Blowing Easter Eggs Hidden in Famous Movie Costumes

14

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse pays homage to Steve Ditko. There's a contact on Miles' phone that's labeled S. Ditko, which is pretty clearly an homage to the Spider-Man co-creator. CRACKED.COM — Source

13

Shrek

shrek The onion may be a high-brow homage. Shrek's onion metaphor may be a reference to the end of Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt, where a man peels an onion layer by layer, each a chapter of his life. — Source: The New York Times

12

The Iron Giant

The tentacles on The Iron Giant's back were an old-school movie reference. They were Brad Bird's way of paying homage to the 1953 The War of the Worlds movie. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Movies With Cool Hidden Shout-Outs To Other Movies

11

South Park

EASTER EGGSTRA South Park The My Neighbor Totoro reference. In Mysterion Rises the relationship between Cartman and Cthulhu is a homage to Hayao Miyazaki's anime film. CRACKED.COM — Source

10

Trick ‘R Treat

TRICK R TREAT The school bus story is a homage to It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown and would originally have featured a cemetery with overgrown pumpkins. CRACKED.COM — Source: Film School Rejects

9

Slither

SLITHER has an homage to A NIGHTMARE on ELM STReeT The bathtub scene is an uncanny callback. CRACKED.COM — Source

8

The Goonies

The Goonies' Jake Fratelli wearing a fedora is the filmmakers' way of paying homage to Indiana Jones. CRACKED.COM — Source

7

John Wick: Chapter 2

The mirror room scene in John Wick: Chapter 2 was an homage to the 1973 Bruce Lee flick Enter the Dragon. CRACKED.COM

6

Batman: The Animated Series

EASTER EGGSTRA I BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES HOMAGE TO TIM BURTON IN THE EPISODE OFF BALANCE, THE CHARACTER TWITCH IS A DIRECT HOMAGE TO BURTON AND HIS TAKE ON A GRITTIER SCREEN ADAPTATION OF GOTHAM. CRACKED.COM

5

Jessica Rabbit

EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES & HIDDEN MEANINGS fromed ROGER Who RABBIT The secret references of one Jessica Rabbit Her creation was a homage to Tex Avery's short, Red Hot Riding Hood. Other references include Rita Hayworth and Veronica Lake. CRACKED.COM — Mental Floss

4

Katie’s Socks

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

3

Carrie

Movie Scenes With Hidden Homages To Other Movies - The shot of the hand rising from the grave in 1976's Carrie is an homage to the hand — Source: Film School Rejects

2

Ted Lasso

TeD LASSO'S HOMAGE TO Scorsese's CLASSIC Season 2's Beard After Hours episode pays homage to the 1985 dark comedy After Hours and drew inspiration from the film to create the entire plot of the episode. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Supernatural

Easter Eggs Supernatural Show creator Eric Kripke had Castiel wear John Constantine's clothes, as a homage to DC's supernatural hunter. GRACKED GOM — More: 6 Mind-Blowing Easter Eggs Hidden in Famous Movie Costumes

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