48 Little Things From Movies That Were Too Clever For Us To Catch When We Were Kids

There were SO many Easter eggs I missed in Soul (2020).

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1. Mickey Mouse's "cameo" in The Lion King 1½:

In The Lion King 1 1/2 (2004), you can see a hidden mickey in the stars in the top right. from MovieDetails

2. The subtle subway ad: 

In Soul (2020), you can see an advert for "Brang" on the train. This is the company that Riley's dad works for in Inside Out (2015). from MovieDetails

3. The Easter egg in the travel ad:

In Soul (2020), you can see a travel poster for "Portorosso". This is the main setting for Pixar's next movie "Luca". from MovieDetails

4. Bellwether's necklace:

In Zootopia (2016), Bellwether is wearing a little bell. In real life, a Bellwether is the leading sheep of a flock, with a bell around its neck to help direct the other sheep. from MovieDetails

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5. Baby Kuzco's toys:

In The Emperors New Groove (2000), baby Kuzco has a toy llama, a toy parrot, and a toy whale. Later on in the movie, he turns into all of these animals. from MovieDetails

6. George's recurring problem: 

In Monsters Inc. (2001), the monster who gets caught with a sock on his back (George Sanderson) is one of the same monsters in Monsters University (2013) that, instead of learning how to properly prevent objects from sticking to him, gets caught cheating by using illegal protective gel. from MovieDetails

7. Hercules' cape: 

In Hercules (1997), the cape attached to Hercules’ armor is actually the shawl that is given to him by his adoptive mother. from MovieDetails

8. Git, the gym rat (and lab rat):

In Ratatouille(2007) Git, the jacked rat, has a tag on his ear reading A113. Not only is this a frequently used Pixar easter egg, it also implies that Git was a lab rat, explaining his large size from MovieDetails

9. This goth T-shirt:

In Coco (2017), a skeleton is wearing Sid's shirt from Toy Story (1995). from MovieDetails

10. This kid's comic book:

Finding Nemo (2003) has a Mr. Incredible comic one year before The Incredibles came out. from MovieDetails

11. The queen's pet, Aphie:

In A Bug's Life (1999), the queen is seen to have a pet named "Aphie." In real life, this little bug is an aphid (also known as aphids) and they live in harmony with the ants, but not as pets, but as "livestock". from MovieDetails

12. Mr. Big, the arctic shrew:

In Zootopia (2016), Mr Big, the mafia boss, is an Arctic Shrew. Director Roy Moore made this choice because “the arctic shrew is the most vicious predator on earth”. Arctic Shrews eat three times their own body weight and even eat other shrews. from MovieDetails

13. The transitioning wallpaper:

In The Princess And The Frog (2009) the villains shadow turns this wallpaper to skulls and crossbones in this scene from MovieDetails

14. The drawing Anastasia gifts to her grandma:

In Anastasia (1997), the drawing that Anastasia gives to her grandmother is based on a 1914 painting created by the real princess Anastasia. from MovieDetails

15. Bob's quick reflexes:

In The Incredibles (2004), when Helen arrives to rescue Bob and punches Mirage, you can see that Helen attempted to punch Bob too, but he dodges it. from MovieDetails

16. Miles Morales's spidey senses:

In Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), before meeting the other spider-people, Miles spider-sense goes off a split second later than both Gwen and Peter. from MovieDetails

17. Sid's cameo:

Sid, from Ice Age, makes a cameo appeareance in the movie Robots (2005) from MovieDetails

18. Matilda's mom's Guam comment:

In Matilda (1996) during the adoption scene at the end of the movie Matilda's mother says that they're "moving to Guam" in an attempt to evade the US government despite Guam being a US territory further showing her parents stupidity. from MovieDetails

19. Eddie's "accidental" animation:

In Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Eddie is animated in some action scenes. from MovieDetails

20. The White Witch's crown:

In The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The White Witch's crown melts as her power dwindles from MovieDetails

21. Ginny's pants:

In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007). Dumbledore's Army: All the girls are wearing skirts except Ginny (3rd from left) who is wearing pants; probably a hand-me-down from her brothers. (Good going costume department) from MovieDetails

22. SpongeBob's job history:

In "The Spongebob Squarepants Movie" (2004), Spongebob states he has 374 consecutive employee-of-the-month awards, this means he has been working at the Krusty Krab for a little over 31 years. from MovieDetails

23. Hades' halftime comment:

In "Hercules" (1997) Hades says "Guys, relax. It's only half-time" exactly at the 46-minute mark, the halfway point of the 92-minute movie from MovieDetails

24. The elf behind Charlie_:_

In the Santa Clause(1994) when Charlie is at school you can see an elf behind him in class meaning they were keeping tabs on him and his dad from MovieDetails

25. Rex behind bowling pins:

Wall-E. My 8 year old noticed Rex, while Wall-E is organizing his findings in his home. from MovieDetails

26. Miles Morales singing the wrong lyrics:

Spider-Man: Into The Spider-verse (2018) opens with Miles trying to sing along to “Sunflower.” He conveniently gets one of the lines wrong, saying “she wanna drive me-“ instead of the recorded lyric “she wanna ride me like a cruise,” narrowly eliminating a sexual double entendre in this PG film. from MovieDetails

27. Bruce the crying shark:

In Finding Nemo, Bruce the shark starts crying when Marlin starts talking about Nemo, saying “I never knew my father”. Male sharks mate with the female then leave, so baby sharks never actually meet their father. from MovieDetails

28. The missing person article:

(Found a clearer shot) The animators of The Incredibles (2004) typed out a full article on the disappearance of Simon J Paladino (Gazerbeam) that conforms with information through the movie. Common practice of kids movies is to pretty much smack the keyboard in text columns from MovieDetails

29. Building development:

In "Up" (2009) the town buildings develop over the years from MovieDetails

30. This re-created Die Hard scene:

In The Incredibles there is a clearly reference to Die Hard 3, the scene of the phone with Samuel L. Jackson, who also plays Frozono, and the policeman from MovieDetails

31. Benny's broken helmet:

In The Lego Movie (2014) Benny the spaceman has a broken helmet. This used to happen to the original Lego pieces. Picture of my 80s spaceman to the right. from MovieDetails

32. Thunderhead's roommate:

In The Incredibles (2004), the super Thunderhead has 5 children he was/is raising with his "roommate" Scott: this is possibly a coded way of saying that he is gay. from MovieDetails

33. A TV kidnapping a man:

During the food strom in "Cloudy with a chance of meatballs" (2009), a man loots a TV, then the remote TV loots a man. from MovieDetails

34. The fingerprint on Emmet:

In The Lego Movie (2014), after travelling to the human world and being picked up off the floor by Finn, Emmet returns to the Lego world with a faint fingerprint on his left torso presumably left by Finn which was not visible earlier in the film. from MovieDetails

35. Mia's vegetarian dinner:

In The Princess Diaries (2001) during the dinner scene you can see Mia is the only one with a stuffed tomato instead of meat, that’s because according to the books she’s a vegetarian. from MovieDetails

36. Weaselton and the Duke of Weselton's name mix-up:

In Frozen(2013) the Duke of Weselton is mistakenly called Weaseltown. In Zootopia(2016) Duke Weaselton is mistakenly called Weselton. Both were voiced by Alan Tudyk. from MovieDetails

37. The "blossoms" behind Coraline:

In Coraline (2009) The crew spent 800 hours painting 250,000 pieces of popcorn—pink on the outside, red on the kernel—to stand in as blossoms for the nearly 70 trees. from MovieDetails

38. Anastasia's reflection:

In Anastasia (1997) during the 'Once upon a December' scene when Anastasia is dancing with the memories of her family, Anastasia is the only character with a reflection. from MovieDetails

39. Judy's reaction to Nick's counting:

In Zootopia (2016) when Nick says they have 10 hours left to find Mr. Otterton, he holds up all 8 of his fingers. Judy notices that it doesn't add up, but shrugs it off. from MovieDetails

40. The Motunui residents' tattoos:

In Moana (2016) during the song "We Know the Way" none of the people have tattoos. It's not until after they find their island home that we see characters with tattoos. This is because they never had the resources to figure out a tattoo technique while they were traveling. from MovieDetails

41. Roddy's Wolverine suit:

In Flushed Away, the main character Roddy (played by Hugh Jackman) pulls out Wolverine's suit while deciding what to wear. from MovieDetails

42. The origin of Violet's name:

Incredibles (2004) Elastagirl’s original suit was red and Mr. Incredible’s suit was blue, their first child’s name? Violet from MovieDetails

43. Buzz Lightyear's peeling stickers:

In Toy Story 4 (2019), a closer look at Buzz Lightyear shows that his stickers are slowly starting to peel away. from MovieDetails

44. Veruca Salt's scraped knee:

In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1971), Veruca Salt has a bloody knee in the Chocolate Room scene. Her actress, Julie Dawn Cole, cut it on the sharp rock while filming the "egg breaking" scene. She still has a scar from the injury today. from MovieDetails

45. The buttons on Honey Lemon's purse:

In Big Hero 6 (2014), this happens: (credit to Tumblr user shinobicyrus) from MovieDetails

46. Nani's surfing past:

In the movie Lilo and Stitch, you see that Nani was a surfing star, but dropped everything when her parents died to take care of Lilo. from MovieDetails

47. Willy Wonka's half office:

At the end of "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" (1971), everything in Wonka's office is cut in half, in a book, Mel Stuart, the director of the movie, explains that it was because he didn't want to end the movie in an ordinary office, after having gone through the creative rooms in the factory from MovieDetails

48. And the Mulan poster in Nani's room:

Mulan (1998) reference in Lilo and Stitch (2002). from MovieDetails

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