History Main / EasterEgg

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* Press up when the cursor is on the "play" button on the DVD of ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}''. There's a video depicting the development of the movie's animation, with added awesome music.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' has about half-a-dozen Easter eggs, one of which is on Disc 1. One of the more awesome ones is a montage of every door, button, and explosion in the movie—set to the Anvil Chorus for added awesomeness.

Originally, "Easter[[labelnote:]]You thought you would see an easter egg here, but [[Memes/JoJosBizarreAdventure it was I, DIO! ]][[/labelnote]]Eggs" was the term for little bits of stuff programmers left behind in the software. They're secrets, intended to tickle the fancy of those who discover them. Programs far too numerous to mention have included Easter eggs — everything from Microsoft Office to ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto: [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas San Andreas]]''.

** If ''Running With Scissors'' is played on a computer, you can go into the CD and watch an condensed version of his 1996 going home special for the Disney Channel.
** Similar to the above example, if ''Straight Outta Lynwood'' is played on the computer, you can watch Al's old home movies as he playfully riffs them. [[ThankingTheViewer He also thanks you for buying his album…]] [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil "Instead of downloading it like a HOOLIGAN!"]]

* If you search for Franchise/MyLittlePony on [[http://g.e-hentai.org this website]] (WARNING: VERY NSFW), [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic one of the characters]] will appear on top of the menu and will sport a disturbed expression on their face. [[CloudCuckoolander Pinkie Pie]] and [[{{Bookworm}} Twilight Sparkle]], however, will [[BreakingTheFourthWall look at you]] with a mischievous look.

* In Blu-Ray of ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' has a hidden deleted scene called "Robutton" which is a storyboarded alternate ending where Mei meets Robaire on a plane.

* "Rubber Sled" by [[Music/BenFolds Fear of Pop]] is introduced with a sketch wherein [[TalkingToHimself Ben Folds talks to Ben Folds]] with some very strange sounding SourceMusic playing in the background - if you tune out the dialogue and focus on the music, it becomes apparent that it's just a ludicrously sped-up recording of "Brick" by Ben Folds Five.

* The cover art for the 1994 US editions of ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxyTrilogy'' contains an odd and seemingly out of place 7 by 6 grid of spheres, originally a double page spread in the illustrated edition. It was a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrases_from_The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy#42_Puzzle puzzle]] created by author Creator/DouglasAdams in response to fans attempts to find significance and hidden meaning in the work. It went completely ignored until he finally revealed that the number 42 was the answer to 6 different questions about the grid. The idea that his one genuine cryptic clue passed completely by the people trying to "solve" the books amused Adams greatly.

* After Biagio da Cesena, Master of Ceremonies to Pope Paul III, complained about the nudity in the Last Judgement panel of the Sistine Chapel, {{Creator/Michelangelo|Buonarroti}} worked him into the painting. He is depicted as one of the damned in hell, with donkey ears and a [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything coiled snake]] preserving his modesty. The Pope apparently thought it was hilarious: when Cesena complained, the pope replied that his jurisdiction did not include Hell, so the portrait would have to remain.

Subtropes include BilingualBonus (when the audience member must know a language other than the main one of the work to get the extra information) and FreezeFrameBonus (an Easter Egg that only appears onscreen for a very brief moment), subtler forms of {{Foreshadowing}} (when you go back and discover that minor events or FreezeFrameBonus moments tie into events to come), and WhatTheHellPlayer (an Easter Egg you get for doing something odd in a game).

Originally, "Easter[[labelnote:]]You thought you would see an easter egg here, but [[Memes/JoJosBizarreAdventure it was I, DIO!]][[/labelnote]]Eggs" was the term for little bits of stuff programmers left behind in the software. They're secrets, intended to tickle the fancy of those who discover them. Programs far too numerous to mention have included Easter eggs — everything from Microsoft Office to ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto: [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas San Andreas]]''.

Originally, "Easter[[labelnote:& ;]]You thought you would see an easter egg here, but [[Memes/JoJosBizarreAdventure it was I, DIO!]][[/labelnote]]Eggs" was the term for little bits of stuff programmers left behind in the software. They're secrets, intended to tickle the fancy of those who discover them. Programs far too numerous to mention have included Easter eggs — everything from Microsoft Office to ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto: [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas San Andreas]]''.

Originally, "Easter[[labelnote: ]]You thought you would see an easter egg here, but [[Memes/JoJosBizarreAdventure it was I, DIO!]][[/labelnote]]Eggs" was the term for little bits of stuff programmers left behind in the software. They're secrets, intended to tickle the fancy of those who discover them. Programs far too numerous to mention have included Easter eggs — everything from Microsoft Office to ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto: [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas San Andreas]]''.

Originally, "Easter[[labelnote: ]]You thought you would see an easter egg here, but [[Memes/JoJosBizarreAdventure it was I, DIO!]][[/labelnote]] Eggs" was the term for little bits of stuff programmers left behind in the software. They're secrets, intended to tickle the fancy of those who discover them. Programs far too numerous to mention have included Easter eggs — everything from Microsoft Office to ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto: [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas San Andreas]]''.

** The Easter eggs that are normally accessed at the end of the cartoons are accessed by fiddling around with the arrows buttons until an icon pops up. On the Strong Bad E-mail [=DVD=]s, it's a Strong Bad head; on the Everything Else [=DVD=]s, it's the Homestar Runner logo. There's also some Easter eggs on the special features menus of each [=DVD=] that are accessed the same way.
** The Easter eggs that are normally accessed during the cartoons are accessed by using the angle button. Most [=DVD=] players will display when the angle button can be used.

** [=Strongbad_email.exe=] Disc 2 has the files for "Strong Bad's Website" and "Strong Sad's Lament" (with the update from the time) on the disc that can be accessed by exploring the [=DVD=] on a computer. Appropriate, because the WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail, "website", is on the [=DVD=], and the two websites were accessed through the cartoon on the actual website.

* The [=DVD=] of ''Film/{{Memento}}'' has an Easter Egg on the main menu that lets you watch the film in chronological order.

* On Music/{{Rush}}'s ''R30'' [=DVD=], there's a documentary about their titular tour, and if you press one on your remote at a certain moment, [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment a cartoon plays depicting Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson as dogs (and Neil Peart as their owner), then depicting them all as fighting robots, set to their classic song "By-tor And The Snow Dog"]].

* The first DVD of the 3rd ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' [=OVA=] series has a hidden subtitle track in the first episode [[spoiler: which contains the actual translation of Washu's "magic fingers" incident.]]

* Literature/HarryPotter’s grandfather, Fleamont’s name appears in writing both of the ''Film/FantasticBeasts'' films. It’s in a newspaper in the first and a magazine in the second.

* As befits a {{metafiction}} about video games, ''Film/BlackMirrorBandersnatch'' has a complicated one: [[spoiler: In TheStinger a character sticks a cassette labelled "Bandersnatch demo" into a tape player, and is rewarded with screechy electronic noise, familiar to anyone who owned a UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum or UsefulNotes/Commodore64. Loading this into a Speccy (or more likely an emulator) will give you a QR code. The QR code in turn takes you to the website for the fictional games company from the episode.]]

--> '''Voicemail:''' Hello! You have reached the Q Continuum. We are unable to get to the phone right now because we are busy living in a plane of existence your feeble, mortal mind cannot possibly comprehend. Furthermore, it's pointless to leave a message, because we of course already knew that you would call, and we simply do not care. Have a nice day.

* Take a look at the [[FunWithAcronyms first letter of tracks 4-9]] on the soundtrack to ''Film/BatmanBegins''. [[spoiler: It spells "Batman"!]]

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* In ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'', the pink slip adoption paper that Lilo signs to adopt Experiment 626 as "Stitch" [[BreakingTheFourthWall refers to the film's production in the fine print]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'', when Homer and Bart throw the bomb out of the dome on a motorbike, the bike goes down the ramp over Springfield Gorge. The crashed ambulance from [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E8BartTheDaredevil "Bart the Daredevil"]] is still there.

Originally, "Easter[[labelnote: ]]You thought you would see an easter egg here, but [[Memes/JoJosBizarreAdventure it was I, DIO!!]][[/labelnote]] Eggs" was the term for little bits of stuff programmers left behind in the software. They're secrets, intended to tickle the fancy of those who discover them. Programs far too numerous to mention have included Easter eggs — everything from Microsoft Office to ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto: [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas San Andreas]]''.

Originally, "Easter[[labelnote: ]][[SelfDemonstratingArticle Congratulations! You found an Easter egg on this page!]][[/labelnote]]Eggs" was the term for little bits of stuff programmers left behind in the software. They're secrets, intended to tickle the fancy of those who discover them. Programs far too numerous to mention have included Easter eggs — everything from Microsoft Office to ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto: [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas San Andreas]]''.

* The [=DVDs=] of ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'' feature some Easter eggs, usually by going to the extras menu and using some button/key presses to highlight a special symbol (or a letter in the logo). The majority of these Easter eggs are gag dubs of the next episode previews with the Japanese cast acting out of character (For example, the gag dub preview of one of the episodes has Winry's VA singing an alternate version of 'Tobira No Mukoe E' with lyrics that basically make fun of Ed), other Easter eggs include things like adverts. Sadly most of these bonus features were absent on the UK releases (With one DVD having a functionless egg).

Originally, "Easter[[labelnote: ]][[SelfDemonstratingArticle Congratulations! You found an Easter egg on this page!]][[/labelnote]]Eggs" was the term for little bits of stuff programmers left behind in the software. They're secrets, intended to tickle the fancy of those who discover them. Programs far too numerous to mention have included Easter eggs — everything from ''Microsoft Office'' to ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto: [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas San Andreas]]''.

** Googling "[[http://www.google.com/search?q=recursion recursion]]" prompts Google to ask if you meant [[ShapedLikeItself recursion]].

** Google "[[Franchise/StarWars a long time ago in a galaxy far far away]]" and see what happens. (This doesn't work in Firefox for some reason.)
** After ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' premiered in 2019, Google "ComicBook/{{Thanos}}" or "Infinity Gauntlet" and a small Infinity Gauntlet appeared. See what happens when you click it (preferably ''after'' seeing ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' first).