28 Pop-Culture Secrets We’ve Unearthed for You at No Charge

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28 Pop-Culture Secrets We’ve Unearthed for You at No Charge

Not that wed know anything about this firsthand, but weve heard from some crime-filled movies and shows that drug dealers will sometimes give a first-time buyer a freebie to get them hooked. 

Its probably unethical to use the business model of a drug dealer, but things are getting tight here in the pop-culture Easter egg game. The bosses are breathing down our necks to hook a fresh batch of eyes, so here goes nothing. 

This ones on us. When youre jonesing for more, you know where to find us.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

THE WEAPONS OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES IN AMONG US Kynk Armory In an outer display case in the armory, there's a collection of weapons that include a pair of sai, a katana, nunchucks, and a bo staff. CRACKED.COM

Billie Eilish

THE ORIGINAL BOND SONG EASTER EGG IN BILLIE EILISH'S BOND SONG NO TIME TO 007 DIE Eilish revealed that her Bond title song has a subtle piece of the classic Bond opening sting hidden in its second verse. CRACKED.COM

Fringe

THE OPENING TITLE OF FRINGE HIDES A MESSAGE OBSERVERS ARE HERE There's a flash of light after the words dark matter during the title sequence. If you slow the frames down, there's a single frame with the words observers are here written on the screen. CRACKED.COM

Moana

RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON Hei Не, the chicken from Moana, has a cameo at the marketplace in the film. CRACKED.COM

Overlord

OVERLORD'S MOVIE POSTERS CONTAINED EASTER EGGS TO FREE SCREENINGS INSTAGRAM.COM/INSIDETHELAB Overlord - - MIDEL SMITH um un When put through editing software, one of the posters revealed a link to a secret Instagram  that, in turn, had a video attached to one of its posts inviting the lucky founders of the clues to free screenings of the film. CRACKED.COM

Darth Vader

THE DARTH VADER GARGOYLE AT THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL During the '80s the Cathedral held a design-a-carving competition for kids, with the third place winner entering the Darth Vader grotesque. These grotesques help deflect rainwater away from the stone walls by bouncing it off the heads and edges. CRACKED.COM

Godzilla vs. Kong

GODZILLA VS. KONG In the 1962 King Kong vs. Godzilla, Kong shoves an entire tree down Godzilla's throat, much like he does with the axe in the 2021 movie. CRACKED.COM

The Shining

THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES Kao CAn! Katie's socks is a homage to that carpet in that Stanley Kubrick movie. CRACKED.COM

Mass Effect 3

THE MASS EFFECT 3 NOD TO NASA By following a specific path through the solar s at the start of the Mars mission, players can see a small rover driving up to them and giving a little nod. It's a reference to the Mars rover programme. CRACKED.COM

Guardians of the Galaxy

JAMES GUNN'S PARENTS HAVE CAMEOS IN GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXYVOL.2 They can be spotted in a crowd taking photos/videos, and they're credited in the cast as Weird Old Man and Weird Old Man's Mistress. CRACKED.COM

Loki

LOKI When Loki crashes in the Mongolian desert in episode one, it's a callback to Tony crashing in the desert following his escape in Iron Man. CRACKED.COM

Butt Music

HIERONYMUS BOSCH'S BUTT MUSIC In Bosch's painting The Garden of Earthly Delights there's a character with music written on his butt. It's been transcribed into modern notation, if anyone wants to learn what Butt Music sounds like. CRACKED.COM

SpaceX

REDDITORS SPOTTED A MORSE CODE IN A SPACEX PROMO PICTURE INCEN When SpaceX posted a crew portrait online, some Reddit s quickly picked up on the fact that the background contained morse code. The cryptic Easter egg read ad astra which means to the stars. CRACKED.COM

Halloweentown

HALLOWEENTOWN AND THE EASTER EGG EVERYONE MISSED Kimberly J. Brown who played Marnie recently revealed that everyone seemed to miss drawings of her character from the Halloweentown book that was hung as posters in Marnie's room. CRACKED COM

It Chapter Two

IT CHAPTER Two A Tom and Jerry episode plays in the asylum showing the duo chasing a piece of steak that...floats down the drain on the side of the road. CRACKED.COM

Deathloop

DEATHLOOP HAS A SOUND HOMAGE TO TOMB RAIDER In the game a distinct musical cue is triggered whenever a player discovers a secret area. The music is in a different key, but other than that it's the very same cue used in the very same way in the Lara Croft game. CRACKED COM

Eternals

THE TRAILER FOR ETeRnALS MIGHT HINT AT A FORESHADOWING BY THOR IN AvenGeRs: AGe OF ULTRON In Age of Ultron Thor has a vision of some mass from space hitting Earth, saying that it felt like a whirlpool that sucks in all hope of life. It was a reference and foreshadowing of Ultron, Thanos, and the Infinity Stones, but many now think that it might also be a reference to the Deviants' arrival on Earth. CRACKED.COM

Dr. No

DR. No HOMAGES IN No Time TO Die The opening title sequence starts off with the same colored circle design of the first James Bond movie, and Safin's villain lair on a remote island is another callback to the very first bigscreen Bond villain. CRACKED.COM

Murder on the Orient Express

THE EASTER EGG IN THE POSTER FOR MURDER on THe ORIENT EXPRESS EVERYON 856 997 CASH (2017) SPECT 11 A poster featuring Josh Gad's MacQueen hides a phone number that provides callers with a message containing a secret  to unlock a digital version of MacQueen's OR calling card on the movie's website. EXPRESS CRACKED.COM

Joker

JOKER There's a painting in Arthur Fleck's living room that also appeared in Batman (1989). CRACKED.COM

The Incredibles

THe InCREDIBLES The movie pays homage to Die Hard with a Vengeance during the scene where Frozone (Samuel L. Jackson) is being held at gunpoint by a policeman. CRACKED.COM

Loki

LOKI T282 STILL 35 MARVEL COMICS GROUP THOR THE HAS AN TEMPUS S STEPPED THOUGH HOTEL - Americ EASTER EGG BAT PEATH BUSIN THE GOD-VILLE LEVIN TO A THOR COMIC BOOK When Loki looks out the window at the TVA, there's a tower bearing the number T-282. It's a reference to Thor #282 that features the first appearance of the Time Keepers. CRACKED COM

The Last Jedi

THe LAST JeDI HAS AN EASTER EGG OF AN OBSCURE TEXT-BASED '70S GAME Zork was a kind of Choose Your Own Adventure computer game that came out in 1977, and in 1986 the trilogy games were packaged and released along with a Zorkmid coin used in the game's fictional empire. Rian Johnson kept his coin and it makes an appearance when Benicio del Toro's DJ discovers a bunch of casino coins and chips. CRACKED.COM

The Suicide Squad

THe SUICIDE SQUAD There's a small TV in the prison scene that's screening The Toxic Avenger in the background. CRACKED.COM

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

Watchmen

THE BOOK WAS A SMASH AND BECAUSE IT WAS THE ONLY The REAL ING OF OUR MASON CAREERS, TO THE PUBLIC Secret Life IT BECAME THE TRUTH. THE of a Superhero! D UNDER THE OOD HOOD HOOD Today Only! Meet HOOD HOLLIS MASON HE HOOD The Original Nite Owl! ON SALE NOW! THE BOOK IN MASON HOLLEN MAHON THE UNDER THE HOOD HOOD THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN WATCHMEN UNDER THE WOOD The book he's reading is called Under the Hood. In the comic book, Under the Hood was the name of the autobiography of Hollis т. Mason, also known as

Malignant

MALIGNANT GIVES AWAY ITS ENTIRE PLOT IN THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES We, uh, won't spoil it for you, but if you pay attention during the opening credits, there are slides that literally broadcast the twist. CRACKED.COM

Squid Game

THE TWIST OF THE OLD MAN WAS HINTED AT THROUGHOUT SQUID GAME 001 But one sneaky reveal happened when the policeman who infiltrated the game facility looked at the records book where the players' profiles started not at 001, but 002. CRACKED.COM

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