History Trivia / ReadyPlayerOne2018

* UnderminedByReality: The film's message about the purity of creative pop-culture not being spoiled by the corrupting influence of [[TheManIsStickingItToTheMan massive corporations]] seems rather hollow when you remember that [[Creator/WarnerBros the studio that made it]] was in the process of being acquired by AT&T around the time of its release.

** Creator/JackNicholson was [[https://variety.com/2019/scene/news/doctor-sleep-the-shining-cameo-danny-lloyd-1203388429/ approached]] to make an appearance in the film, possibly reprising his legendary role as Jack Torrance. However, Nicholson declined the offer as he is retired since ''How Do You Know''.

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* FakeAmerican: Olivia Cooke (Samantha / [[spoiler:[=Art3mis=]]]), Creator/SimonPegg (Og), Creator/RalphIneson (Rick), Creator/MarkRylance (Halliday) and Creator/HannahJohnKamen (Zandor) are British, while Creator/BenMendelsohn (Sorrento) is Australian.

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: Given the positively immense amount of cameos and references contained in the film, needless to say, rumors that certain characters or objects can be spotted in the movie at one or more points in the movie have gone flying. One of the most persistent rumors is that you can spot ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' or ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' characters (specifically fan-favorite Sans in the latter case) during the climax.

* ProductionPosse: The second collaboration between Creator/StevenSpielberg and Creator/SimonPegg after ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin'', and the third collaboration between Spielberg and Creator/MarkRylance after ''Film/TheBFG'' and ''Film/BridgeOfSpies''.

** The film's score was originally going to be composed by Music/JohnWilliams but due to scheduling conflicts, he left and was replaced with Music/AlanSilvestri. Hilariously, this means an unexpected reunion occurs of Steven Spielberg, Alan Silvestri and [[Film/BackToTheFuture a certain Delorean...]]

** There's additional shorter clipped sections from scenes presented in the film that are presented in the trailers. They include, but are not limited to: 1. Showing Rick in the real world, still standing in the living room of the Aunt Alice's trailer (as seen in the film), holding something virtual, with the information on Gregarious 120 on the display (showing that Rick didn't lose the artifact hunt due to Wade's poor gloves, but that he dropped his guard when getting ahold of the item and was taken out by Daito). 2. Aech knocking Z down while attempting a high five inside of a Personal Shopping Booth at Avatar Outfitters (in the film, you see Aech and Z heading through a green glowing entrance talking about how 10,000 coins showed up in Z's account when he took the key. The shot cuts showing the Cataclyst with Aech asking what it is, with the Personal Shopping Booth behind him. In the Art of Ready Player One, it shows art of the scene of what the shopping menu is like in the booth, with a copy of Wade's avatar acting like a mirror and displaying armor he's browsing). 3. In one of the images released by Entertainment Weekly's First Look Exclusive, there's a photo that appeared to be a scene where Samantha, in the real world after her escape from IOI, finds a whole group of people getting up off the ground from the haptic vest shock after their avatars died due to the Catacylst. 4. Another image from the EW First Look Exclusive image includes a shot of Rick, Aunt Alice and Wade that was not featured in the film itself. It shows Aunt Alice wearing her OASIS visor with Rick to her right and Wade behind Rick, sitting at the counter, looking at the both of them in the kitchen with a cereal bowl in front of him.

* RoleReprise: Creator/CaraTheobold reprises her role as [[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} Tracer]] for a few lines.

* TwoVoiceOneCharacter: In some foreign-language dubs (including the Latin American Spanish and Japanese dubs), Zhou and Sho are voiced by two different people.

** There's additional shorter clipped sections from scenes presented in the film that are presented in the trailers. They include, but not limited to: 1. Showing Rick in the real world, still standing in the living room of the Aunt Alice's trailer (as seen in the film), holding something virtual, with the information on Gregarious 120 on the display (showing that Rick didn't lose the artifact hunt due to Wade's poor gloves, but that he dropped his guard when getting ahold of the item and was taken out by Daito). 2. Aech knocking Z down while attempting a high five inside of a Personal Shopping Booth at Avatar Outfitters (in the film, you see Aech and Z heading through a green glowing entrance talking about how 10,000 coins showed up in Z's account when he took the key. The shot cuts showing the Cataclyst with Aech asking what it is, with the Personal Shopping Booth behind him. In the Art of Ready Player One, it shows art of the scene of what the shopping menu is like in the booth, with a copy of Wade's avatar acting like a mirror and displaying armor he's browsing). 3. In one of the images released by Entertainment Weekly's First Look Exclusive, there's a photo that appeared to be a scene where Samantha, in the real world after her escape from IOI, finds a whole group of people getting up off the ground from the haptic vest shock after their avatars died due to the Catacylst. 4. Another image from the EW First Look Exclusive image includes a shot of Rick, Aunt Alice and Wade that was not featured in the film itself. It shows Aunt Alice wearing her OASIS visor with Rick to her right and Wade behind Rick, sitting at the counter, looking at the both of them in the kitchen with a cereal bowl in front of him.

** There's additional shorter clipped sections from scenes presented in the film that are presented in the trailers. The include, but not limited to: 1. Showing Rick in the real world, still standing in the living room of the Aunt Alice's trailer (as seen in the film), holding something virtual, with the information on Gregarious 120 on the display (showing that Rick didn't lose the artifact hunt due to Wade's poor gloves, but that he dropped his guard when getting ahold of the item and was taken out by Daito). 2. Aech knocking Z down while attempting a high five inside of a Personal Shopping Booth at Avatar Outfitters (in the film, you see Aech and Z heading through a green glowing entrance talking about how 10,000 coins showed up in Z's account when he took the key. The shot cuts showing the Cataclyst with Aech asking what it is, with the Personal Shopping Booth behind him. In the Art of Ready Player One, it shows art of the scene of what the shopping menu is like in the booth, with a copy of Wade's avatar acting like a mirror and displaying armor he's browsing). 3. In one of the images released by Entertainment Weekly's First Look Exclusive, there's a photo that appeared to be a scene where Samantha, in the real world after her escape from IOI, finds a whole group of people getting up off the ground from the haptic vest shock after their avatars died due to the Catacylst. 4. Another image from the EW First Look Exclusive image includes a shot of Rick, Aunt Alice and Wade that was not featured in the film itself. It shows Aunt Alice wearing her OASIS visor with Rick to her right and Wade behind Rick, sitting at the counter, looking at the both of them in the kitchen with a cereal bowl in front of him.

* {{Defictionalization}}: The closest thing to a real-life Easter Egg hunt like the one in the movie was the ''Ready Player One'' event in ''VideoGame/{{Roblox}}'', in which clues for the three keys and a golden egg hidden in four ''Roblox'' games were given and players had to figure them out.

* QueerCharacterQueerActor: Helen/Aech, who is a lesbian in the story, is played by the lesbian actress Creator/LenaWaithe.

* QueerCharacterQueerActoe: Helen/Aech, who is a lesbian in the story, is played by the lesbian actress Creator/LenaWaithe.

* NamesTheSame: IOI (Innovative Online Industries), the antagonistic company also searching for the easter egg, also shares its name with game developer Creator/IOInteractive, who also use a very similar logo, as well as the same shorthand (even their website is IOI).

* TheForeignSubtitle: In Latin America, the film is titled ''Ready Player One: Comienza el juego''[[note]]The game begins[[/note]].
* MissingTrailerScene: In the book, Wade must defeat an opponent in the arcade game "Joust" - and one of the trailers shows players riding winged creatures in what appears to be live-action Joust. Technically, the scene does still appear in the film, as we see a whole army of them going against the scorpion mechs just moments before being introduced to Aech on Planet Doom. The thing that's missing is the shot of a Napoleon avatar holding Excalibur above his head, riding on the back of a scorpion mech as it grabs an Joust ostrich and reverts it back into an egg, as seen in the San Diego Comic Con teaser trailer.

* Blooper: When Wade goes into his hideout just before his virtual meeting with Sorrento, it's daylight out; sunlight is even pouring through his windows. When he (urgently) leaves after the meeting is over, it's night. The meeting only took a few minutes, so it's doubtful that much time ought to have passed.

** There's additional shorter clipped sections from scenes presented in the film that are presented in the trailers. The include, but not limited to: 1. Showing Rick in the real world, still standing in the living room of the Aunt Alice's trailer (as seen in the film), holding something virtual, with the information on Gregarious 120 on the display (showing that Rick didn't lose the artifact hunt due to Wade's poor gloves, but that he dropped his guard when getting ahold of the item and was taken out by Daito). 2. Aech knocking Z down while attempting a high five inside of a Personal Shopping Booth at Avatar Outfitters (in the film, you see Aech and Z heading through a green glowing entrance talking about how 10,000 coins showed up in Z's account when he took the key. The shot cuts showing the Cataclyst with Aech asking what it is, with the Personal Shopping Booth behind him. In the Art of Ready Player One, it shows art of the scene of what the shopping menu is like in the booth, with a copy of Wade's avatar acting like a mirror and displaying armor he's browsing). 3. In one of the images released by Entertainment Weekly's First Look, there was a scene where Samantha, in the real world after he escape from IOI, finds a whole group of people getting up from the haptic vest shock after their avatars died due to the Catacylst. 4. Another image from the EW First Look includes a shot of Rick, Aunt Alice and Wade that was not featured in the film itself. It shows Aunt Alice wearing her OASIS visor with Rick to her right and Wade behind Rick, sitting at the counter in the kitchen eating what looks to be cereal during a day scene.

** There's additional shorter clipped sections from scenes presented in the film that are presented in the trailers. The include, but not limited to: 1. Showing Rick in the real world, still standing in the living room of the Aunt Alice's trailer (as seen in the film), holding something virtual, with the information on Gregarious 120 on the display (showing that Rick didn't lose the artifact hunt due to Wade's poor gloves, but that he dropped his guard when getting ahold of the item and was taken out by Daito). 2. Aech knocking Z down while attempting a high five inside of a Personal Shopping Booth at Avatar Outfitters (in the film, you see Aech and Z heading through a green glowing entrance talking about how 10,000 coins showed up in Z's account when he took the key. The shot cuts showing the Cataclyst with Aech asking what it is, with the Personal Shopping Booth behind him. In the Art of Ready Player One, it shows art of the scene of what the shopping menu is like in the booth, with a copy of Wade's avatar acting like a mirror and displaying armor he's browsing).

** There's additional shorter clipped sections from scenes presented in the film that are presented in the trailers. The include, but not limited to: 1. Showing Rick in the real world holding something virtual, with the information on Gregarious 120 on the display (showing that Rick didn't lose the artifact hunt due to Wade's poor gloves, but that he dropped his guard when getting ahold of the item and was taken out by Daito). 2. Aech knocking Z down while attempting a high five inside of a Personal Shopping Booth at Avatar Outfitters (in the film, you see Aech and Z heading through a green glowing entrance talking about how 10,000 coins showed up in Z's account when he took the key. The shot cuts showing the Cataclyst with Aech asking what it is, with the Personal Shopping Booth behind him. In the Art of Ready Player One, it shows art of the scene of what the shopping menu is like in the booth, with a copy of Wade's avatar acting like a mirror and displaying armor he's browsing).

* =Blooper=: When Wade goes into his hideout just before his virtual meeting with Sorrento, it's daylight out; sunlight is even pouring through his windows. When he (urgently) leaves after the meeting is over, it's night. The meeting only took a few minutes, so it's doubtful that much time ought to have passed.