23 Tiny Movie Details That I Just Learned And Need To Share

Finding Nemo was teased in Monsters, Inc. two years before it even came out.

1. When Hermione is going to confront Draco in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, you can see a little bit of future Hermione's hand in the doorway where she's hiding.

In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), in an earlier scene where Hermione confronts Malfoy, a VERY tiny hand could be briefly seen inside the stone gate. Later a time-travelled Hermione hides at the exact location, watching her previous confrontation. from MovieDetails

2. Buzz Lightyear's stickers are starting to peel off in Toy Story 4.

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

3. There's a taxi with the number 1228 in Spider-Man: No Way Home, which is Stan Lee's birthday (December 28).

In Spider-Man No Way Home (2021), the taxi is number 1228. This is a reference to the birthday of Stan Lee: 28th December. from MovieDetails

4. There's a brief appearance of a clownfish in Monsters, Inc. to tease what would be Pixar's next movie, Finding Nemo.

In Monster Inc (2001) you can see a reference to the next Pixar release (Finding Nemo (2003) from MovieDetails

Here's a closer look:

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5. The daughter of Rowan Atkinson (who plays Mr. Bean) makes an appearance in Mr. Bean's Holiday.

In Mr Bean's Holiday (2007), the girl with the stereo is played by Lily Atkinson, the daughter of Rowan Atkinson. In the movie, she is also named Lily. from MovieDetails

6. If you're listening to Baby Driver in stereo, in many of the scenes where Baby is wearing only one headphone, you'll only hear the music from that side.

If you watch the film with headphones or properly placed surround sound speakers, every time we see Baby in Baby Driver (2017) wearing only one of his headphones, you’ll hear the song he is listening to through that ear only. from MovieDetails

7. In a document relating to Obadiah Stane's (played by Jeff Bridges) illegal activities, there's a ship called MSC Lebowski, which is a reference to The Big Lebowksi.

In Iron Man (2008) when Pepper Potts is investigating Jeff Bridges's character Obidiah Stane's secret arms dealing with terrorists, one of the documents list a vessel named MSC Lebowski being used for shipping. from MovieDetails

8. There's a recreation of Superman's very first comic book cover in Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice.

In Batman vs Superman Dawn of Justice (2016) there is a recreation of Action Comics #1 where Superman first appeared. from MovieDetails

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9. Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory recreates many scenes from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and even includes the girl who gets hit on the chin by a counter being lifted up in one scene.

In "Tom & Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" (2017), the animators added the little girl getting her faced bonked by the counter top in the original 1971 film. from MovieDetails

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10. There's a Gladiator poster in Hannibal because both movies are directed by Ridley Scott.

In Hannibal (2001), there's a poster for Gladiator (2000), which was the movie Ridley Scott made before this one. from MovieDetails

11. The ceramic bulldog that M gave James Bond in Skyfall makes an appearance in Bond's garage in No Time to Die.

In No Time to Die (2021), in Bond's garage, you can see the bulldog figurine that M gave him in Skyfall (2012). from MovieDetails

12. There's a shot of a boat in Anaconda that you can tell is reversed because the waterfall is flowing upwards.

Anaconda (1997) a shot of the river boat is played in reverse to show the boat reversing, however the waterfall in shot is clearly flowing backwards. from MovieDetails

Here's a closer look:

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13. In Big Hero 6, the buttons on Honey Lemon's purse are actually a periodic table, and she taps the elements to combine them into a solution in one of her chemical balls.

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

14. In Zoolander, Zoolander repeating the line, "But why male models?" and Prewitt responding, "Are you serious? I just told you that!" was improvised because Ben Stiller forgot his next line.

one of the funniest lines in "Zoolander" (2001) was ad-libbed. JP Prewitt (David Duchovny) spends a full minute explaining why male models are being used for evil. Stiller forgot his next line, so he repeated: "But why male models?" Duchovny rolled with it: "Are you serious? I just told you that!" from MovieDetails

15. When the little borrowers in The Secret World of Arrietty pour tea, it comes out in one drop.

When a tiny person pours tea from a tiny teapot in The Secret World of Arrietty (2010), it comes out as a droplet from MovieDetails

16. Tom Hanks' brother Jim body doubled for some of the jogging scenes in Forrest Gump because none of the other doubles could do his weird run.

For Forrest Gump (1994), Tom Hanks’s brother Jim Hanks doubled for him for the sequence where Forrest jogs across America. As Jim put it: “Tom had other doubles, but they couldn’t do the run,” he says, referring to Gump’s stiff, geeky stride. “That’s a stupid Hanks thing.” from MovieDetails

Here's the run:

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Jim has also provided a lot of voice work as Woody from Toy Story in video games.

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17. As Miles is humming and singing to "Sunflower" in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, he avoids the not-so-kid-friendly line "she wanna ride me like a cruise" by accidentally singing "she wanna drive me" instead.

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

18. Walt Simonson, who wrote the Thor comics from 1983 to 1987, appears as an Asgardian in the first Thor movie.

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19. In The Princess and the Frog, the design on the wallpaper behind Dr. Facilier turns to skulls in his shadow.

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

20. One of the magicians listed on a poster in The Prestige is Harry Dresden, the main character and a wizard detective in the Dresden Files book series.

In The Prestige (2006), Harry Dresden is listed as one of the performing magicians in the bullet scene. This is a reference to The Dresden Files. from MovieDetails

21. On the final day of filming Elf, Will Ferrell and director Jon Favreau ran around New York City and improvised the scenes where Buddy discovers the city.

In Elf (2003), Will Ferrell, Jon Favreau, and a single cameraman ran through New York on the final day of shooting and interacted with random people on the streets to film the "Buddy discovers New York" montage. from MovieDetails

This guy that Buddy mistakes for Santa is just a guy who was trying to cross the street.

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22. The dinosaurs in Fantasia die in a drought because the theory of an asteroid causing the extinction event hadn't even been proposed yet.

Disney's 1940 animated film Fantasia shows the dinosaurs dying off as the result of an intense drought. The theory of mass extinction as the result of an astroid strike wasn't proposed until 1980. from MovieDetails

23. And finally, Schmidt's reaction to the parrot in 22 Jump Street is genuine — Jonah Hill doesn't like birds.

In 22 Jump Street (2014), Jonah Hill was attacked by a parrot during the car chase. His panicked reaction is real. On the DVD commentary, he said: “That was not acting. I don’t like birds.” from MovieDetails

He did not have to act for this part.

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