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33 Brilliant References Hidden In Plain Sight In Movies

Who doesn't love a good Easter egg? For all the complaining we do about how Hollywood reuses ideas a lot, we hope this concept is one they stick with forever. Because even the lamest of movies can be made more interesting by the knowledge that there's a great reference hiding in its story.

(Big ups to mkad for the contest idea.)

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Entry by Andrea Meno

IDER. MARVEL COMICS GROUP.. AAN D 121 In The Amazing Spider-Man 2, the JUNE 02457 clock strikes 1:21 when Gwen dies. 3 WRONG! BUT WHO? COMICS GROUP. W

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Boy HOD THE ay WE WANT EAZY An amusing scene shOWS a crackhead attempting to steal someone's gold chain only to be caught and beaten up. The guy is we

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Entry by mkad

From The Neither of CRACKEDG CON Venture Bros.... them knows a thing about the real world. What are you talking about? Those boys have been around the

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Entry by BBY

CRACKED.COM WESTWORLD When we are born, we cry that we are come. To this great stage of fools. When Dolores's father Peter Abernathy has the robotic v

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Entry by Andrea Meno

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Entry by MistakeNot

CRACKEDCO IN THE LION KING SIMBA SAYS, YOU'RE SO WEIRD!', TO WHICH SCAR (JEREMY IRONS) REPLIES, YOU HAVE NO IDEA. THIS IS A CALL BACK TO REVERSAL

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Entry by Chan Teik Onn

STAR THE FORCE AWAKENS In the scene where Han Solo WARS notices that a Rathtar is near, the sound made from the Rathtar's movement is the exact same s

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Casino Royale's Hotel Splendide references the title of a 2000 HOTELSPLENDIDE film also featuring T Daniel Craig. HOTEL AFILM BY PARK CIRCUS TERENCE

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Entry by Andrea Meno

IN EVERY MCU PHASE 2 FILM, A CHARACTER IS SHOWN LOSING A HAND OR AN ARM. Guardians of the Galaxy Captain America: Civil War Avengers: Age of UItron Ir

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Entry by Chan Teik Onn

MARVEL CRACKED.cO CAAIL a CAPTAIN AMERICA In the prison scene, Hawkeye sarcastically calls Tony Stark 'the futurist' for imprisoning other superheroes

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Entry by Andrea Meno

In Ant-Man, Darren Cross dismisses the Ant-Man research as Tales to astonish. Silly, I know. Propaganda. Tales to SAVE SOMEB astonish. Trumped up B

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In Serenity, there is a planet called Miranda, where the government used a mind-control drug called Pax to brainwash the population. SERENITY Mirand

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Entry by Chan Teik Onn

Charlie CRACKEDco COM AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Look closely MENTHOL at the brand HLAPE name of the toothpaste Mr Bucket is working on. It says 'Smile

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Entry by Andrea Meno

At the end of Ocean's 13, Brad Pitt's character tells George Clooney's to try keeping the weight off in between reference to Clooney putting on weig

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Entry by mkad

What that dog is CRACKEDO guarding is strictly between Albus Dumbledore and Nicolas Flamel! Nicolas Flamel? (muttering) I should not have said th

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Entry by PookieJones

In AvengerS: Age of UItron, the superheroes try to lift Thor's hammer, and he says that if someone does it, they will rule Asgard. When Iron Man takes

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Entry by masta_X

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Entry by Chan Teik Onn

STARWARS . EPISODE I THE PHANTOM MENACE In one of the junkyard scenes, George Lucas briefly shows us an EVA pod from 2001: A Space Odyssey! CRACKED.CO

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Entry by PookieJones

(GRACGKEDCON SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE IS HILARIOUS IF YOU'RE A THEATRE GEEK. In the movie, will writes his name over and over again, but it is never spelle

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Entry by milito

CRACKED COM In Die Hard with a Vengeance when asked how he's been spending his retirement. Bruce Willis replies. smoking cigarettes and watching Ca

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Entry by Andrea Meno

In Charlie's Angels, Drew Barrymore's character ends up in the yard of a house full of nods to E.T. ET POSTER TOY REESE'S PIECES It's the same house w

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Entry by MistakeNot

IN STAR TREK BEYOND THE CREW PONDERS THE REASON FOR THE USS FRANKLIN'S DISAPPEARANCE. SCOTTY OFFERS ONE THEORY IN PASSING: IT WAS CAPTURED BY A GIANT

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In the Family Guy episode, Petergeist (a Poltergeist parody), Stewie mentions that he met Jesus while he was trapped on the other side. However, it

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In Toy Story, Tim Allen's character Buzz Lightyear is seen pushing a toolbox labelled Binford. Banford DNINAM It's the same brand mentioned by Tim A

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Entry by Kevin King

SIMPSonS tHE Every time Mr. Burns answers the phone, he says Ahoy-hoy. ON BURNS AHOY-HOY? This is a reference to his age. Ahoy-hoy was the greetin

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In The Matrix Reloaded, Agent Smith's license plate is -5416. ISSUS ISUS IS 5416 That's a reference to a Bible verse Isalah 54:16. Behold, I have

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Entry by PookieJones

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Entry by Kevin King

In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, a line from Ezekiel 25:17 is shown on Nick Fury's tombstone. COl. NICHOLAS T FUry THE PATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS

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Entry by PookieJones

A lot Of Pixar films have the code A113 planted in them. WALL-E Finding Nemo A113 A Bug's LIfe Toy Story A113.1102 A113 It's actually an inside joke o

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Entry by Giovenna

A SCENE FROM DJANGO UNOHAINED WHAT'S YOUR NAME? CRan DJANGO. CAN YOU SPELL IT? D-J-A-N-G-O, THE D IS SILENT. I KNOW. OF COURSE HE KNOWS. HE'S FRANCO N

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Entry by Kevin King

In Now You See Me, Merritt McKinney (Woody Harrelson) says, I'm sensing you are a control freak and J. Daniel Atlas (Jesse Eisenberg) responds, I'm

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Entry by Chan Teik Onn

STEVEN SPIELBERG CRACKED.COM BAC PRESENTS TO FUTURE THE FIM A BOBERT ZEMECKIS MONTH DAY 1 HOUR MIN OCT 26 1985 28 The colors on DESTINATION the screen

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