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May 18, 2025

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40

The Godfather Part II

Hyman Roth from The Godfather: Part II was based on Meyer Lansky, a real gangster. The story goes that Lansky called Roth after seeing the movie and said the performance was great, but also told him, You could have made me more sympathetic. After all, I am a grandfather. — Source: AMC

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Homer Simpson

CRACKED.COM The Simpsons D'oh! comes from a Laurel and Hardy actor. Homer Simpson's voice actor Dan Castellaneta based the now-iconic uttering on Jimmy Finlayson, but shortened it from d'oooohhhhh for pacing. — Source

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Dean Pelton

Dean Pelton is never quite open about what his sexuality actually is, but he's very open about being sleazy AF. community CRACKED.COM Representation is important, but representation of an LGBT+ character as a predatory stereotype is moldy and antiquated. Community was such a smart show, it's a shame that Pelton now seems like a cheap gag. — Source

37

The Good Place

EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES Bad Janet FOR ET The costume was inspired by Olivia Newton-John's clothing at the end of Grease. The Good Place CRACKED.COM — Source

36

Event Horizon

Sam Neill asked that the Australian flag on his uniform in Event Horizon be modified. Instead of the Union Jack, he wanted an aboriginal flag. SA EIR Не thinks it's a change that'll happen by 2047, when the film takes place. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Billy Madison

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Good Will Hunting

Underappreciated Sidekicks Good Will Hunting Chuckie Sullivan Chuckie gives Will the exact final push he needs to finally take his responsibility for his life, by telling him that his favorite part of the day is picking him up and imagining he won't be there, that he went on to better things. What a friend. CRACKED.COM — Source: Miramax/YouTube

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RoboCop

The shooting location inspired Paul Verhoeven to make RoboCop walk on water. The day before filming, Verhoeven saw the big walls that reminded him of the walls of Jerusalem, so he had Robo walk on water (alluding to Jesus) even though it wasn't in the RoboCop script. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Play Out Differently

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Hawkeye

Doubles in MCU's Phase Four HAWKEYE Old Hawkeye, meet new Hawkeye. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Ways the MCU's Phase Four is About Doubles

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Kang the Conqueror

Doubles in MCU's Phase Four KANG THE CONQUEROR Kang (and all his ultra-universal variants) are here. CRACKED.COM

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Ellen

The first lesbian main character 1997 CRACKED.COM When Ellen Morgan accidentally yelled Susan, I'm gay! into a microphone, Ellen became the first show to feature an out and proud lesbian as a protagonist. — Source: 22 Television History Once-Taboo Firsts

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Baby Driver

EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES & HIDDEN MEANINGS BABY DRIVER JON SPENCER CAMEO The blues rocker appears near the end of the movie as a jail guard. His song Bellbottoms scores the opening scene of the movie. CRACKED.COM — SF Examiner

28

Tarzan

The titular character in Tarzzan (19990 learns to speak English from Jane, an English woman with a posh accent. So how does he end up with an American

27

Good Morning

An actor got media to believe that a celebrity sperm bank was an actual thing. Pretending to be the CEO of FameDaddy, this actor received a seven mi

26

Sex and the City

GRACKED CARRIE BRADSHAW IS SELFISH AND SUPERFICIAL. SEX AND THE CITY As viewers matured, they realized that Carrie was materialistic, needy with toxic men (prioritizing them over her friends), and she never matured into a strong independent role model for young women. — Source

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'90s Fashion

In the '90s, we wore stupidly- 1991 1992 1999 1990 oversized jeans. 97 1998 1999 1996 1997 And if you've 1002 got 1001 $300, 1997 1995 you can buy them now. 1993 1997 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s CRACKED.COM — Source

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Snapchat

Snapchat lost around $800 million in stock after running an ad on their platform for the mobile game Would You Rather? which mocked Rihanna's abuse. Would You Rather? Impossible Choken WOULD YOU RATHER! Slap Rihanna Punch Chris Brown Many s deleted the app following PLAY her response. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Ator, the Fighting Eagle

Awful Knock-Offs Ator, the Fighting Eagle (1982) The point of Schwarzenegger as Conan was that he looked like a Frank Frazetta drawing. The Ator actor, is certainly a ripped dude, but he's no Frazetta man. In the same way, Ator, the Fighting Eagle is no Conan the Barbarian, but the cheesy Italian knock-off. Inexplicably, it had three sequels. CRACKED.COM — Source

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22

Classic Hollywood

ACTORS HAD NO SAY IN THEIR OWN CAREERS. Classic Hollymood SUCKED I have never been consulted as to what part I would like to play, Clark Gable said once. I am not paid to think. And don't you even think about turning down a role. That'd get you benched, like it happened to Bette Davis. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Metallica

The father of late Metallica bassist Cliff Burton still gets royalties. For three decades he's been spending them on college scholarships in his son's honor. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

20

Futurama

FUTURAMA Bender being a walking catchphrase factory was just stupid. In early seasons it was one thing - catchphrases pop up naturally from time to time on sitcoms. But by the end of the show, he was spouting I'm back, baby! and Neat! as often as straight lines, and it wore CRACKED.COM thin fast. — Source

19

Mortal Kombat

MORTAL KOMBAT CHOOSE YOUR FIGHTER FREE PLAY CRACKED.COM Mortal Kombat was originally supposed to star Jean-Claude Van Damme, who would fight a cadre of digitized enemies. When Midway Games couldn't afford the rights to Van Damme's likeness, his character was renamed Johnny Cage and ed the lineup of other fighters. — Source

18

Madonna

CRACKED MADONNA WRITES CHILDREN'S BOOKS. Her 2003 picture book The English Roses topped the New York Times Children's Bestseller List, so she released 12 chapter books in her English Roses series from 2007 to 2010. All proceeds go to the Spirituality for Kids Foundation. 1 — People / Rolling Stone

17

Hulk Hogan

GRACKED HULK HOGAN AS MR. NANNY Bad guys want anti-missile technology, and only an ex-wrestler babysitter can stop them! How could such a bad movie spawn similarly brutal ones like The Pacifier and The Tooth Fairy? — Youtube / National Today

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Pirates of the Caribbean

PIRATES the CARIBBEAN DEAN'S CHEST POV: You've been captured by a deranged circus troupe... No, wait, that's just this movie's bad guys in their то-сар suits. CRACKED — Facebook

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Rebel Pilot Helmet

CRACKED REBEL PILOT HELMET This helmet, like much of the aesthetics of the Rebel Alliance in the original trilogy, are heavily inspired by the Allied service of World War II. The cramped cockpits and baggy flight suits seen in the films are a direct homage to Allied fighter pilots. — Smithsonian Mag / Star Wars

14

Uncle Grandpa

Anthropomorabic food Pizza Steve from Uncle Grandpa Some Millennial drew a slice of pizza with sunglasses on as a kid, and got it into a Cartoon Network cartoon. Kudos to them for making a spiral notebook drawing's dream into reality! CRACKED.COM — Uncle Grandpa Wiki

13

Metal Man

Awful Knock-Offs (2008) Metal Man Yes, Iron Man ushered in the modern superhero genre, but did you know Metal Man ushered in our current mockbuster golden age? Huh? OK, that is possibly not true, but we just want to make Metal Man popular and see civilization driven to madness. CRACKED.COM — Trailer on YouTube

12

Mayim Bialik

Mayim Bialik on placenta eating: 2012 CRACKED.COM The PhD-holding actress, who is often cited as evidence that The Big Bang Theory is a smart show for smart people, didn't research camels or a single aquatic mammal before writing human beings are the only mammals that have chosen not to ingest their placenta... end of story. — Source: 14 Smart People Who Said And Did Utterly Dumb Things

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Osmosis Jones

CRACKED.COM OSMOSiS JONES takes place inside a human body, but kids might have trouble getting this joke. OUR FOUNDER There is a scene with a monument that reads Our Founder with the statue of an sperm cell on top. — Source: These 34 Filthy Jokes Are (Somehow) In Family Movies & Shows

10

Victoria Jackson

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM VICTORIA JACKSON VS ENTIRE CAST Socialism IS an Obama-Nation www.myspace.com/obamanationsigns - obamanationsigns@yahoo.com SNL Victoria Jackson? Little woman, high voice and devout Christian. Jackson reportedly felt it was her mission to tell her castmates about Jesus. For Christmas she put audiocassette box sets of the bible in her castmates mailbox, all of which were angrily returned. — Source: Hollywood Reporter

9

In Good Company

On the set of In Good Company, Topher Grace was pranked by Dennis Quaid. Quaid sent his stand-in to act opposite Grace for a scene, and Grace thought that was Quaid being a diva and got annoyed - but he was just getting trolled by Quaid, who was watching everything from the bar. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Hocus Pocus

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS Thora Birch learned the meaning of virgin because of the script In the movie, a virgin lights the Black Flame Candle, starting a night of mischief. The 10-year-old actor had to have the word ex- plained to her. — Source: US Weekly

7

The Office

TIM JIM CANTERBURY HALPERT VS CRACKED.COM Tim. Jim. Pretty much the same name. Pretty much the same guy. Advantage: Toss up.

6

Elon Musk

ELON MUSK TWEETS: THE OLD MANTRA: HAVE A NEW KID, GET RID OF YOUR HOUSE. Days before his child with Grimes was born, Musk went on a tweet-vomit that built up to this: Elon Musk @elonmusk I am selling almost all physical possessions. Will own no house. 5:10 PM May 1, 2020 Twitter for iPhone He added later that Grimes was now mad at him. Which is weird, because that's exactly what every new mother wants to hear. CRACKED.COM — The tweet

5

Friends

Ross & Rachel CRACKED CO Sometimes, millionaires who get paid to act like F*R**E*N*D* are really just C*O*W*O*R*K*E*R*S. And, like any coworker, Jennifer Aniston had forgotten about David Schwimmer 6 years after the job. Aniston told Letterman in 2010 that she had no clue who Schwimmer was engaged to, in a manner

4

Deliverance

A waterfall tried to murder Burt Reynolds. DELIVERANCE CRACKED COM When Reynolds went over a 25-foot waterfall in a canoe, he cracked his tailbone, got stuck in a whirlpool, and finally emerged naked as hell. The director later told him It looked like a dummy falling over a waterfall, which, technically,

3

Leslie Jones

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Wayne Knight

Wayne Knight got Jurassic Park because of Basic Instinct. During the infamous interrogation scene, where Knight nervously watches Sharon Stone cross her legs, Spielberg thought, What if that were a dinosaur? Knight never had to audition, and he didn't meet Spielberg until he flew to Hawaii for filming. — For details, read 6 Horrifying Stories Behind Famous Movie Sex Scenes

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Dexter

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