50 Hidden And Brilliant Movie Jokes They Didn't Think You'd Notice

In 'Talladega Nights' (2006) When Ricky Bobby is in the hospital the monitor says his heart rate is 69 for the entire scene. from MovieDetails

Brilliant visual humor in Edgar Wright’s “Hot Fuzz”. from MovieDetails

In 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) David Leisure’s character ‘Mr. Chapon’ flinches when he tries to sit due to getting an arrow in his backside earlier in the day while teaching archery. from MovieDetails

Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975 Richard Nixon signs off their "no characters or likeness" portrayal from MovieDetails

In Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, early in the movie when Sex Bob-Omb are practicing in the house, their amps have logos that read "Lame Brand". Later, when they're performing at the Chaos Theater (presumably with some big-label money behind them), their amps have logos that read "Sweet Brand". from MovieDetails

In Harry Potter: TOOTP (2007) the girl in white can be seen recoiling in the background; this is because she has bumped into a Thestrel connected to the carriage. from MovieDetails

In Anchorman (2004) the name of the Mexican restaurant the girls go to eat at is "escupimos en su alimento" which translates in English to "we spit on your food" from MovieDetails

In "Airplane!" (1980) someone throws a baby in the air in sheer panic after the plane breaks through the terminal glass windows from MovieDetails

Okay this is a silly one. Watching Clueless (1995) and paused to read her report card. Her geometry one kills me: “Nice Shapes” from MovieDetails

There's a 'Smoking Required' sign outside of Biff's casino in 'Back to the Future II' (1989) from MovieDetails

In "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation", you can see that Eddie is wearing a mock turtleneck that shows through his sweater. from MovieDetails

In Gravity(2013), as Kowalski flies very close to the camera, astronauts holding a movie camera and boom mic appear to be reflected in his helmet visor. This is an in-joke by Alfonso Cuarón. The "reflections" were added with CGI to make it look like the scene was actually filmed in space. from MovieDetails

The Treasure Chest from the end of Dodgeball is actually labeled Deus Ex Machina from MovieDetails

Background joke from Best In Show - There are five clocks behind the hotel reception desk that display times in major cities (Boston, New York, Baltimore, Miami and Philadelphia). All are in the Eastern Time Zone, so they are all set to the same time. from MovieDetails

In Pitch Perfect 3 (2017) during a quick flash of passports, we learn that Bellas beat boxer Lilly Onakuramara was born at Area 51 in Nevada. from MovieDetails

Gremlins (1984) - The convention scene has cameos from Spielberg and composer Jerry Goldsmith, and, in the background, the original time machine from the 1960 movie The Time Machine. In the next scene though, it's vanished leaving people trying to work out where it went. from MovieDetails

Pretty much everything from 'Cabin in the Woods', but my favourite detail is the names of the different monsters on the whiteboard. from MovieDetails

In ‘Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets’ one of the places Mrs. Weasley has marked on the clock that tells her where her family members are is “prison.” from MovieDetails

[Hot Fuzz] 2 shooters sign during the pub shootout from MovieDetails

In Ghostbusters (1984) in the company commercial you can see Egon look down at his mark before stepping forward to deliver his line. from MovieDetails

In the 40-Year-Old Virgin, Paul Rudd wears a shirt with his photo on it. The photo came from the day they shot their work badges. The costumer printed it on a shirt on a whim and left it with the rest of Rudd’s wardrobe. When he saw it, he chose to wear it in this scene. from MovieDetails

They added Worst boy to the credits of Airplane! from MovieDetails

The end credits of Airplane! contain a few surprises, this is my favourite. from MovieDetails

In Friday, Craig’s girlfriend calls him to accuse him of cheating on her with a girl at a concert, she has a man laying in her bed while she’s doing this. from MovieDetails

Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban: During the boggart scene, Draco Malfoy shoves Neville Longbottom with the arm that Buckbeak injured. Clearly not as serious an injury as he made it out it to be. from MovieDetails

In Shaun of the Dead (2004) as Shaun goes to purchase a Diet Coke from Nelson ( the convenient store owner who is now a Zombie) he is short 15p and is later seen in the movie begging Shaun for the money from MovieDetails

In Monty Python and The Holy Grail the chain mail was actually knitted yarn. I have seen this movie about 30 times and just noticed this detail yesterday. Not sure if it was super obvious to everyone else.... from MovieDetails

In Fargo (1996), Carl says “30 minutes, Jerry we wrap this thing up” when there are exactly 30 minutes of the movie remaining. from MovieDetails

In Hot Fuzz (2007) all the swear box words are censored, except for 'cunt'. from MovieDetails

In 10 Things I Hate About You, the first person quickly rushing through the door at Bogey Lowenstein’s party is in fact Nigel with the brie from MovieDetails

Right before the fight scene in Anchorman you can see 'gang' taggings from Channel 9 from MovieDetails

Impractical Jokers: The Movie — 2020. Will Ferrell makes a cameo without any lines & zero reference. I did a double take and had to rewind! from MovieDetails

In Die Hard, we catch Ellis doing cocaine in Holly's office. Later when Hans has Ellis talking to McClain over the radio one of the terrorists brings him in a can of Coke. He obviously asked for some "coke" and they misinterpreted him. from MovieDetails

In Back to the Future 3, when Marty wakes up in 1885 on the McFly Ranch, he checks to see if he’s wearing pants before getting out of bed (at 23:36). In the previous movies, his pants have been removed when he wakes up in bed from being knocked out. from MovieDetails

In Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince (2009). Cormac McLaggen is the only one of the Gryffindor fans not clapping and cheering for Ron Weasley, as he lost his place on the team to Ron in the Quidditch tryouts. from MovieDetails

In National Lampoons Vacation, Clark helps Ellen with the dishes, but he never actually washes them or puts them in the dishwasher. Instead, he wipes them off and puts them back in the cabinets. from MovieDetails

Hot Fuzz (2007) - The amateur performance of Romeo & Juliet is styled just like Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 film version (the actors wear the same costumes, they use guns etc.), showing how terrible the actors really are - they’re copying a film, not actually performing Shakespeare. from MovieDetails

In Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) after Dewey marries Darlene while still married to Edith, he can be seen wearing both of his wedding rings from MovieDetails

It's my hundredth time watching Clueless (1995) and I just noticed Lucy the maid hiding from Cher's dad behind the door from MovieDetails

In Galaxy Quest (1999) Sir Alex Dane (Alan Rickman) never once takes off his alien headpiece during the entire film. Not even when he is at home talking to Gwen DeMarco (Sigourney Weaver). from MovieDetails

In Ghostbusters (1984) there's a running joke about Rick Moranis's character locking himself out of his apartment. Later, he becomes the Keymaster, and doors literally fly open for him. from MovieDetails

In Knives Out (2019), the portrait of the deceased has a subtle change after the murder has been solved... a smirk. from MovieDetails

In Mr. Bean (1997), Mr. Bean's passport reveals that his Given is actually "Mr." from MovieDetails

In Hot Fuzz (2007), Micheal Armstrong (Lurch) can be found “resting in peas” after being defeated by Nick Angle in the supermarket. from MovieDetails

In the movie Game Night, Ryan says that the kidnappers voice sounds like a scary monster. In the end credits scene, we see the voice changer used and it is set to “monster”. from MovieDetails

In Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), you can see a poster for “From Dusk Till Shaun”, a sequel to Shaun of the Dead (2004). This was a real pitch written (as a joke) by Simon Pegg. from MovieDetails

In Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the police only showed up to arrest everybody at the end because there was no money in the budget for the battle, making the ending a literal cop out (this was also the reason why coconuts were used instead of horses ). from MovieDetails

In Talladega Nights (2016) Ricky Bobby initially has a sponsorship from Wonder Bread. Later, when he's lost his sponsor, he resuses the "W" and "E" from "Wonder" to spell "Me" from MovieDetails

In the end credits of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), you can see three people running out of the Stink Bomb Store after someone sets one off from MovieDetails

In Hot Fuzz, Detective Andies was right about everyone having guns in the country. from MovieDetails