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Displaying all articles tagged:
Easter Eggs
shoutout
Apr. 21, 2024
The Starting Line Thanks Taylor Swift for the Shoutout
And presumably, the streaming bump to follow.
By
Bethy Squires
clue detective
Feb. 9, 2024
What Is
True Detective
Trying to Tell Us This Week?
We’re starting to get some answers … some.
By
Jen Chaney
clue detective
Feb. 4, 2024
What Is
True Detective
Trying to Tell Us This Week?
Uh-oh. More oranges.
By
Jen Chaney
clue detective
Jan. 28, 2024
What Is
True Detective
Trying to Tell Us This Week?
And what does it have to do with Ariana Grande?
By
Jen Chaney
clue detective
Jan. 21, 2024
What Is
True Detective
Trying to Tell Us This Week?
Do the spiral symbols, missing eyes, and Rust Cohle’s dad add up to something meaningful or just spooky vibes?
By
Jen Chaney
poe-tic license
Oct. 13, 2023
Deconstructing
The Fall of the House of Usher
’s Murderous Poe Mash-Up
Mike Flanagan’s bloody pharma fable synthesizes dozens of references to Edgar Allan Poe’s stories, poems, and personal life. Let’s break them down.
By
Ben Rosenstock
spoilers
Aug. 25, 2023
The Many Multiversal Easter Eggs You Might Have Missed in
The Flash
And some good news for Snyder Cut fans.
By
Richard Newby
easter eggs
Aug. 10, 2023
A Short History of
Barbie
’s Earring Magic Ken and His Not-A-Cock-Ring Necklace
Mattel’s most rave-ready Ken doll of the ‘90s makes a cameo in
Barbie
, though his most famous accessory is nowhere to be found.
By
Alejandra Gularte
easter eggs
July 31, 2023
The New
Haunted Mansion
Is Full of the Ghosts of Imagineers
Disney’s
Haunted Mansion
v2.0 sneaks in references to many of the people who designed its namesake ride.
By
Bethy Squires
i heart t.s.
July 7, 2023
Do Taylor Swift’s Red Lips and Rosy Cheeks Mean
1989
Is Next?
Her Fourth of July post has sparks (okay, rumors) flying.
By
Bella Arnold
egg hunting
June 21, 2023
Every Hidden Easter Egg in
Black Mirror
Season 6
That “White Bear” glyph is everywhere this season.
By
Brian Tallerico
easter eggs
June 13, 2023
Beau Is Afraid
’s Filthiest Jokes Are Hidden in the Background
Ari Aster’s latest is stuffed with funny signs, cheeky parodies, and blink-and-you’ll-miss-’em references.
By
Katie Rife
with open eyes
May 29, 2023
All the Callbacks in the
Succession
Series Finale
Lawrence Yee of Vaulter returns!
By
Nate Jones
easter eggs
May 21, 2023
Succession
Snuck a Real WAG Into Logan’s Funeral
The coterie of Logan’s exes included Brian Cox’s IRL wife.
By
Bethy Squires
yellowjackets
Apr. 21, 2023
A Guide to the Many
Yellowjackets
Easter Eggs in Van’s Video Store
The VHS tapes in Van’s store are
not
random.
By
Matthew Jackson
easter eggs
Feb. 18, 2023
7
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Easter Eggs
The references to other Marvel stories aren’t rampant in the Quantum Realm, but they’re there if you are appropriately squinting.
By
Richard Newby
spoilers
Nov. 23, 2022
Andor
’s Post-Credits Reveal Is Perfect, and Perfectly
Andor
So
that’s
what the Narkina 5 prisoners were making …
By
James Grebey
easter eggs
Nov. 12, 2022
7 Marvel Easter Eggs in
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
From Scott Lang’s podcast to the M-word (
mutant
) to the cultural roots of an A.I.’s name.
By
Richard Newby
easter eggs
Oct. 21, 2022
All the
Black Adam
Easter Eggs You Might Have Missed
Let’s break down the Easter eggs referencing Black Adam and the Justice Society’s comic-book pasts and cinematic futures.
By
Richard Newby
easter eggs
Oct. 14, 2022
Breaking Down the
She-Hulk
Finale’s Most Meta Easter Eggs
The season ends by smashing the fourth wall and winking hard at its MCU overlords.
By
Savannah Salazar
easter eggs
Aug. 5, 2022
Why That Old-Timey Pistol at the End of
Prey
Looks So Familiar
Fast forward to Los Angeles in 1997.
By
Richard Newby
foreshadowing
July 24, 2022
Jordan Peele Shared One Last
Nope
Easter Egg
Enjoy the opening credits to
Gordy’s Home!
By
Bethy Squires
deep dives
July 22, 2022
A Guide to the References and Easter Eggs in Jordan Peele’s
Nope
From
Buck and the Preacher
to the Jesus Lizard and the work of Steven Spielberg.
By
Katie Rife
do ny cheap
July 18, 2022
RIP Thrifty Boy: Nathan Fielder’s Fake Blog’s Greatest Hits
The Rehearsal
’s funniest Easter egg is also its cheapest.
By
Rebecca Alter
easter eggs
July 9, 2022
8 Easter Eggs You Might Have Missed in
Thor: Love and Thunder
From screaming goats to familiar faces in the Hall of Legends.
By
Richard Newby
dungeons & dragons & references
June 1, 2022
Stranger Things 4
’s Most Notable Nods to ’80s Pop Culture
An episode-by-episode guide to this season’s key references, from “Running Up That Hill” to Lite-Brite.
By
Keith Phipps
easter eggs
May 6, 2022
20 of the Strangest Cameos and Easter Eggs in
Multiverse of Madness
An exhaustive list of cameos and references to guide you through the madness.
By
Richard Newby
citizen saul
Apr. 19, 2022
A Deep Dive Into
Better Call Saul
’s Colorful Cold Open
Co-creator and writer Peter Gould and director Michael Morris break down the Easter egg–packed scene that kicks off the final season in style.
By
Jen Chaney
easter eggs
Apr. 1, 2022
6 Spider-Man and Venom References You May Have Missed in
Morbius
From
Daily Bugle
sightings to mutterings about San Francisco, here are all the Easter eggs in the new Spidey spinoff movie.
By
Richard Newby
easter eggs
Dec. 30, 2021
The Book of Boba Fett
Went Deep With This Droid Cameo
Say hi to RX-24, a.k.a. DJ R-3X!
By
Bethy Squires
spider-man: no way home
Dec. 17, 2021
All the Easter Eggs You Might Have Missed in
Spider-
Man: No Way Home
An Aunt May and Doc Ock romance, a Kraven the Hunter cameo, and more of the comics, video game, and MCU meta references in the latest Spidey sequel.
By
Richard Newby
easter eggs
Nov. 7, 2021
Nine Easter Eggs You Might Have Missed in
Eternals
Including a doorway to the horror side of the Marvel universe, hints about
Thor: Love and Thunder
, Thena and Kro’s romantic history, and more.
By
Richard Newby
easter eggs
Oct. 1, 2021
All the Easter Eggs You Might Have Missed in
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
From Eddie Brock’s salute to Beverly Hills Cop to the grim fate of Detective Mulligan, all the hints, references, and comics callbacks in
Venom 2.
By
James Grebey
easter eggs
Aug. 16, 2021
Everything You Didn’t Notice About the World of
Free Guy
To build Free City, production designer Ethan Tobman contemplated simulation theory, looked at Nan Goldin photos, and played video games for days.
By
Chris Lee
the vest
July 14, 2021
An Exhaustive List of All the Easter Eggs in
Black Widow
Here’s to that vest and that box of blonde hair dye.
By
James Grebey
easter eggs
July 12, 2021
Chris Hemsworth Had a Blink-and-You’ll-Miss-It
Loki
Cameo
As Frog Thor, Throg.
By
Zoe Haylock
easter eggs
May 4, 2021
Every Pop-Culture Easter Egg in
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Protagonist Katie Mitchell’s short films alone are cultural-reference-laden bonanzas worth dissecting.
By
James Grebey
monkey fight lizard
Mar. 31, 2021
Every Single (
Kaiju
-Size) Easter Egg in
Godzilla vs. Kong
We went hunting for buried movie treasure while the monsters were fighting.
By
James Grebey
the snyder cut
Mar. 18, 2021
Every Single Easter Egg in
Zack Snyder’s Justice League
Double the run time, double the Easter eggs! We’ve scouted out some of the movie’s most exciting cameos and hidden gems.
By
James Grebey
easter eggs
Mar. 5, 2021
All the
WandaVision
Easter Eggs You Might Have Missed
As with everything Marvel, scratch the surface of this show and you’ll find a host of nods to both comics and MCU history.
By
Brian Tallerico
easter eggs
Feb. 19, 2021
What Are the Commercials in
WandaVision
Telling Us?
Are we overanalyzing? Maybe. But that’s all part of the fun of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
By
Savannah Salazar
easter eggs
Dec. 3, 2020
Your
Mandalorian
Season Two Crossover Guide
As
The Mandalorian
increasingly converges with Dave Filoni’s animated series
The Clone Wars
and
Rebels,
here’s the backstory you need to know.
By
Brian Tallerico
peek-a-boo!
Oct. 13, 2020
All the
Haunting of Bly Manor
Hidden Ghost Sightings You May Have Missed
Sure, that plague doctor seems to be lurking around every corner, but he’s far from alone.
By
Brian Tallerico
netflix
June 12, 2020
There’s a
Da 5 Bloods
Post-Credit ‘Scene’ But You Probably Won’t See It
Netflix’s autoplay will see to that.
By
Rebecca Alter
easter eggs
Apr. 21, 2020
Every
Breaking Bad
Crossover Character in
Better Call Saul
From fan favorites to bit-parters,
Better Call Saul
is packed with cameos from
Breaking Bad
.
By
Kenny Herzog
easter eggs
Feb. 27, 2020
Every Easter Egg in Taylor Swift’s ‘The Man’ Music Video
Prepare to Harriet the Spy the crap out of this thing.
By
Madison Malone Kircher
deep dives
Feb. 14, 2020
All the Easter Eggs and Hidden References in
Sonic the Hedgehog
From Badniks to the Green Hill Zone.
By
Rebecca Alter
trailer mix
Jan. 8, 2020
The Trailer for Netflix’s
Locke & Key
Is Here
Lot of doors in here.
By
Rebecca Alter
easter eggs
Dec. 20, 2019
How
Watchmen
Built Out Its Universe With Peteypedia
Loremaster Jeff Jensen walks us through the show’s supplementary materials, from the Doctor Manhattan dildo to Lube Man’s identity.
By
Jackson McHenry
deep dives
Dec. 20, 2019
All the Easter Eggs and Hidden References in
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
From a punctuation mark we don’t often see to a John Williams tune we don’t often hear.
By
Ryan Britt
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