29 Sneaky Jokes and References Hidden in Your Favorite Animated Series

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29 Sneaky Jokes and References Hidden in Your Favorite Animated Series
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Man, does it ever feel good to blink again. Our eyes were burnin’ something fierce on this Easter egg hunt, but we can finally give them a rest. 

So think about that as your hydrated eyes peruse these hard-to-find tidbits from some of the best animated shows ever, and hopefully you appreciate what we do for you around here.

Family Guy

According to Family Guy, a 19th-century nutjob was right about Jesus' lineage. Stewie went to the other side and met Jesus, who is Chinese. His last name is Hong, and he doesn't know why people call him Christ. This is a reference to Hong Xiuquan, who led a 15-year uprising against China's ruling Qing dynasty. Не claimed to be the brother of Jesus, and that it was his mission to exterminate devils on Earth. CRACKED.COM

Mr. Burns

Ahoy Hoy. CRACKED.COM Mr. Burns' chosen phone greeting of ahoy hoy seems like just a funny little character choice, but this is actually the original phone greeting suggested by telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell in the 1800s. Ahoy, had been around for at least 100 years longer than hello. It too was a greeting (a nautical one) derived from the Dutch hoi, meaning hello. Graham Bell felt so strongly about ahoy that he used it for the rest of his life.

Grampa Simpson

Grandpa's measurements. GRACKED COM In season 6, episode 18, A Star is Burns, Abe Simpson yells, The metric system is the tool of the devil! My car gets forty rods to the hogshead and that's the way I like it. You might think this is complete gibberish, but a rod is actually an old English measurement that can equal anywhere from 9 to 28 feet. A hogshead is an old unit of mea- surement for liquids that equals about 79 old wine-gallons.

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

EASTER EGGSTRA South Park The blink-and-youill-miss-it James Bond reference. EMERGENCY Schedule Doctor Disombower kerry Chumsky Practice golf swing Petrocco All Empk Colon surgery Vorma must wa Recta surgery Turdimon KB 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, and under his duties it states Kill Bond. CRACKED.COM

The Multiplex in Futurama

THE MULTIPLEX SURE HAS A LOT OF SCREENS LOEW'S .-PLEX NOW SHOWING: THE 2007 CLASSIC CHARLIE'S ANGELS III THE LEGEND OF CHARLIE'S GOLD No (aleph-null) is the smallest infinite number (yes, some infinite numbers are bigger than others), implying that Loew's No-plex has an infinite amount of screens. CRACKED.COM

The Simpsons

Objectivism at daycare. IS A IS A FUTI CRACKED COM Maggie's daycare is an opportuni- ty to break out the objectivism jokes. While Marge is rehearsing for A Streetcar Named Desire, Maggie is left at the Ayn Rand School For Tots, where a poster reads, A is A. This is a reference to Ayn Rand, and her philosophy of Objectivism.

Family Guy

In the Family Guy episode German Guy, Chris meets a German named Franz Gutentag (German for good day) who CRACKED.COM turns out to be a Nazi whose real last name is Schlechtnacht (German for bad night).

Damien Thorn

EASTER EGGSTRA South Park Damien Thorn is a homage to The Omen. Не shares the name of the character in the 1976 horror movie. His theme song is a parody of the movie S theme song, Ave Satani, and his mother is called a real dog. In the film, the Antichrist's mother is a jackal. CRACKED.COM

The Simpsons

Brevity is... Wit. WELCOME FINALISTS BREVITY IS... WIT CRACKED.COM Levels... Too many levels. In season 3, epi- sode 2, Mr. Lisa Goes To Washington, the 'Welcome Finalists' sign is sponsored by Reading Digest, and it reads, Brevity is... wit. It's a jab at how Readers Digest edits articles in a way that removes their nu- ance, and fundamentally changes their meaning. To get this one, you'd need a rough working knowledge of Shakespeare to know that it's a contraction of the apho- rism, brevity is the soul of wit, which Ро- lonius uses in Hamlet. By shortening it, they've literally

Gravity Falls-Rick and Morty Crossover

CRACKED.COM ? CROSSOVER EASTER EGGS GRAVITY FALLS AND RICK AND MORTY Grunkle Stan's things are sucked into a portal - and then fall out of another portal in front of several Ricks.

Powerpuff Girls

Ringo Starr Powerpuff Girls The 2013 special Dance Pantsed saw villain Mojo Jojo kidnap the fictional Fibonacci Sequins, who is voiced by none other than The Beatles' stickman. Starr also contributed an original song calledI Wish I Was a Powerpuff Girl. CRACKED.COM

Rick and Morty

Stephen Colbert Rick and Morty The prolific talk show host and The Daily Show alum appeared in the episode The Ricks Must Be Crazy as the most intelligent member of the species whose sole purpose is to power Rick's spaceship. Fellow Daily Show alum and talk show host John Oliver makes an appearance in the episode Anatomy Park. CRACKED.COM

Steven Universe

Nicki Minaj Steven Universe Nicki Minaj voiced Sugilite, a menacing, four-armed fusion of the Gems Amethyst and Garnet (think Voltron) first introduced in the episode Coach Steven. CRACKED.COM

Don Cheadle as Donald Duck

CRACKED.COM Don Cheadle voiced Donald Duck in the season one finale of DuckTales when Donald swallowed a voice modulator that made him able to speak with a normal voice.

Adventure Time

Both the old and adult version of Finn on Adventure Time was voiced by none other than... Jonathan Frakes aka William т. Riker of the Star Trek franchise. CRAGKED.COM

The Snatch K.O.

EASTER EGGSTRA South Park The Snatch K.O. The final punch in There Will Be...A Fight Between Wendy and Cartman resembles the knockout punch at the end of Guy Ritchie's Snatch. CRACKED.COM

Gravity Falls

EASTER EGGSTRA JOKES AND MEANINGS GRAVITY THE FALLS BIG DIPPER Hirsch said that Dipper got his name from a kid Hirsch grew up with who had bad acne that once looked like the outline of a Big Dipper on his forehead. CRACKED.COM

Butters

EASTER EGGSTRA South Park The Freaks parody. In Butters' Very Own Episode, Butters' parents cover up his murder by joining a support group made up of people involved in famous murder cases. To join the cult, the group chants, One of us! One of us! Gooble Gobble! Gooble Gobble!. It's a direct line taken from the 1932 film. CRACKED.COM

Trey Parker’s Phone Number

EASTER EGGSTRA South Park Trey Parker's phone number. THE SCOTT MALKINSON SHOW STREAMING RIGHTS NOW AVAILABLE ! CALL TREY (719) 838-4002 © At the end of season 23's Basic Cable episode that deals with the vast amount of TV shows currently available, Trey Parker S phone number ends up on screen. Dialing the number led people to a list of fake for-sale TV shows. CRACKED.COM

Matt Stone’s Sister

EASTER EGGSTRA South Park Matt Stone's sister. Stone's sister has a cameo as a picture frame in the very first episode, Cartman Gets an Anal Probe. CRACKED.COM

My Little Pony

Rick and Morty Easter Eggs MLPGrannies Gone wild Rick and Morty crossed over to My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. MLP fans were treated to two ponies that distinctly have Rick and Morty's hair and color scheme waiting in line for a roller coaster. CRACKED.COM

Orgazmo

EASTER EGGSTRA South Park Orgazmo, Orgazmo everywhere. PHILIA The creators' 1997 film's title character is featured in a ton of episodes, from a poster of him in Cartman's room to a cameo in a couple of episodes opening credits. CRACKED.COM

The Simpsons

Easter Eggs The Simpsons There's an entire McBain film (think Rambo meets Beverly Hills Cop) playing in the background of The Simpsons episodes through the years. CRACKED.COM

Bender

BENDER STAYS ALIVE AND IN HIS PRIME. STUDIO 123 Rebirth Bender dances in a place called Studio 122133-the prime factorization of Studio 54. 122133 = 1 x 2 x 27 = 54 CRACKED.COM

Futurama

THE VERY TITLE OF FUTURAMA IS A NERDY EASTER EGG. Futurama was General Motors' futuristic exhibit in the 1939 New York World's Fair. In that same fair, the public got an early taste of television-a technology largely developed by Philo T. Farnsworth. CRACKED.COM

Futurama Numbers

THE NUMBER 1,729 SHOWS UP A LOT IN FUTURAMA. MERRY XMAS SON #1729 It isn't just a coincidence. 1,729 is Hardy-Ramanujan's number, the smallest number which can be expressed as the sum of two cubes in two different ways - in this case, 13 + 123 or 93 + 103. CRACKED.COM

The King of the Hill Theme Song

The theme song was some band's sound check. CRACKED.COM The Refreshments, out of Arizona, were asked to submit a demo to Mike Judge. They recorded a live set, and encouraged the crowd to really hoot and holler during their sound check jam, which they named Yahoos and Triangles.

Luanne

Luanne was named after a Texas diner meal. CRACKED.COM The Lu Ann Platter is a meal at the Texas chain restaurant Luby's - which, incidentally, is a much funnier name than Luly's, the stand-in Luby's where Luanne gets something resembling her namesake platter in the show.

Morty’s Poopy Underwear

BEHIND-THE-SCENESPACTS MORTY'S POOPY UNDERWEAR IS BASED ON A REAL STORY. COM COMI Rick ml Morty In season one episode Something Ricked This Way Comes, Jerry tells a story about Morty throwing his soiled underwear out of a window-this is something that Dan Harmon actually did once as a kid. CRACKED.COM

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